#Author: Er  Abinesh Chettri ,Mechanical Engineering ,NIT Sikkim India, https://nitsikkim.ac.in/

The most important tools for Germany to reach its targets on emission reduction are the roll-out of renewable energies, bringing down energy consumption, and ending the use of fossil fuels in all sectors of the economy.
In order to do this, the country has also set a range of energy transition targets which primarily relate to the expansion of renewable energies and reducing energy demand.

Renewables targets

Germany has made significant progress on the expansion of renewable energies. Since the launch of support payments in the country’s Renewable Energy Act in 2000, renewables have risen from a niche technology to become the dominant player in the power mix. More than 46 percent of the country’s power consumption was covered by renewables in 2020, far exceeding the target of 35 percent for that year. The government is now aiming for 65 percent by 2030 in the reformed renewables law. Renewables’ share in the country’s gross final energy consumption, climbed to 19.6 percent – surpassing the 2020 target (18%). By 2030, the government aims for a share of 30 percent. This puts Germany ahead of many other industrialized nations (note that the share of hydropower in the German energy mix is comparatively low, with most renewable power coming from wind, solar and biomass). A recent slump in renewables expansion has, however, led the renewable energy industry and environmental organizations to warn that Germany’s targets in this area may fail if the government does not take speedy action. Thus, lawmakers in 2020 and early 2021 agreed a renewables law reform with which they introduced renewables support auction volumes for the coming years, and capacity targets for wind, solar and biomass for 2030. However, the decision on a more ambitious renewables share target for 2030, as well as
making and including new projections for 2030 overall electricity needs was pushed on to the next German government following the September 2021
Elections