New German Law Mandates Energy Consumption Cuts
February 22, 2025
By Paul Homewood
We have just escaped the Climate and Nature Bill by the skin of the teeth, but it seems the Germans have not been so lucky.
Benny Peiser sent me an essay (translated) by Robert von Loewenstern, which tells about a new law, the “Energy Efficiency Act”, which was passed in 2023. He writes:
The crucial sentences can be found in Paragraph 4 : “The aim of this law is to reduce Germany’s final energy consumption by at least 26.5 percent by 2030 compared to 2008, to a final energy consumption of 1,867 terawatt hours.” For the period thereafter, it is planned to “reduce Germany’s final energy consumption by 45 percent by 2045 compared to 2008.”
Loewenstern goes into detail of how this law was pushed through almost unnoticed and as a result of a secret deal by the SDP and Greens, without the knowledge of their coalition partners the FDP.
His full essay is below:
Germany’s craziest energy law goes unnoticed
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/new-german-law-mandates-energy-consumption-cuts/
