Germany in green energy campaign

By PATTY MAGUBIRA

A German travelling exhibition on renewable energy was in Arusha as part of a world wide campaign to convert to clean energy.

Dubbed the Energiewende (energy transition), the exhibition has so far visited 60 locations in 25 countries.

The energy transition started in 1973 following the first global crisis of 1973, and by 1991 the campaign was officially launched and expanded to include industry and households with technical advances allowing households and industry to use energy more efficiently by manufacturing domestic appliances that use up to 75 per cent less electricity.
To date, the country consumes 10 per cent less energy now than it did a decade ago and has doubled its output. It also expects to reduce primary energy demand for oil and gas in buildings by 80 per cent by 2050.
Following the reactor accident in Fukushima, Japan, in March 2011, the country passed a law to end the use of nuclear energy and phase them out by the end of 2022.
But as Germany moves to phase out its nuclear plants in its renewable energy conversion strategy, Kenya on the other hand is planning to build and operate a nuclear and coal-fired power plant.
During the exhibition in Nairobi, the German organisers cautiously warned that while the price of renewables has been decreasing over the past two decades, the price of nuclear power has increased due to increased security concerns.

Germany in green energy campaign

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