In the report James explores questions including:
- The German government presented its official coalition agreement late last year, which was ambitious across a range of areas. What is it targeting for the utility sector?
- What needs to happen for the government’s targets to be achieved?
- New gas-fired generation is needed - why it is not possible to meet demand solely through renewables?
- What does this mean for prices – in the near-term power & gas prices have been very high?
- Hydrogen has played an important role in the coalition plans – could this be used at some point instead of natural gas?
Listen to the latest episode of Podzept titled ‘Germany at the forefront of the energy transition’.
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German Utilities: Decarbonising power & gas: the intermittency & seasonality challenges