Reflect on Germanys Energy Transition for Future US Strategies [Video]

This brief is part of “Election 2024: Policy Playbook,” a series by the Baker Institute and Rice University that offers nonpartisan, expert analysis and recommendations to equip policy leaders governing the United States and Texas in 2025.

• Germany’s recent efforts to implement bold renewable energy policies risk undermining its long-standing position as a European economic powerhouse and global leader in manufacturing. 
• By prioritizing energy transition speed over economic stability, Germany’s new energy policy includes many missteps, such as relying heavily on Russia to supply natural gas, shutting down all nuclear plants, among others. 
• As a result, its economy has experienced persistent economic underperformance coupled with the fear of growing industrial weakness and potential political instability.
• Germany’s current status as one of the world’s worst economic performers offers lessons for the United States’ and other countries’ approaches to renewable energy adoption. 

Germany is pursuing one of the most ambitious plans for renewable energy adoption in the world. However, the …