Smart Grids as Enabler for the Shift to Renewable Energy
Peter Altmaier, the German minister of environmental development, recently coined a new word at the U.N. climate summit: Energy-Wende. Energy-Wende is the shift toward renewable energy sources rather than nuclear power, a move the German government has undertaken since the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, last year. They plan to supply at least 35% of […]