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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Energiewende Leadership: Internal and External Dimensions
Author : Karoline Steinbacher
Published in: Exporting the Energiewende
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
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On 23 August 2015, renewable energy generation in Germany hit a new record: between 1 pm and 2 pm, more than 83% of electricity consumed in Germany came from wind, solar, hydro and biomass (Agora Energiewende 2016a: 10). Over the course of 2015, the share of renewables in the German electricity mix exceeded 30% for the first time (Agora Energiewende 2016a: 8). The Energiewende, with its threefold aim of decarbonization, reducing primary energy consumption, and phasing out nuclear power is well under way and is one of the world’s most prominent and controversially discussed plans of transforming an energy system (Morgan & Weischer 2013).