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Germany's energy transition faces obstacles
Some hail the programme as a bright vision for a zero-carbon future, others slam it as a reckless gamble
Published Fri, Jul 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Berlin
GERMANY'S Energiewende, or energy transition, is its biggest infrastructure project of the post- World War II era and its greatest national challenge since reunification in 1990.
Over the past two decades, thousands of wind turbines and solar farms have mushroomed across the country, boosted by state subsidies.
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