German Conservatives (CDU) Up Renewables Ante

[jpak]

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47579

In a German Press Association news report, Germany's CDU (Christian Democratic Party) is proposing to raise the country's renewable energy targets.

The CDU, not to be outdone by the former ruling party, has proposed raising the country's renewable energy target of 20% of the electricity supply in 2020 to 35%.

The CDU, Germany's leading conservative party, also proposes raising the renewable energy target in heating from 20% of supply to 25% and in transportation fuels to more than 20% of supply by 2020.

In a potentially ambitious effort to take the green mantle from Germany's SPD (the Social Democratic Party), the CDU is proposing to raise the renewables target of total energy supply in 2050 from the current 50% to a "majority share".

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[Hav]

1. .

Not that I like them, but at least they apparently don't campaign with "global warming is a myth" or that one has to wait for more science reports...If both major parties want to outdo themselves on this topic, it's fine by me as long as they do their best to achieve these aims.

[BayCityProgressive]

2. they are to the left

of our Democratic Party. Not that it is really hard to do..