Published: June 27th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The energy transition in Germany is only making good progress in one area: The expansion of electricity from renewable energies, which accounted for 51.6 percent of German consumption last year (green symbol in the graphic). The Expert Commission on Energy Transition Monitoring warned in its report presented on Wednesday that it is uncertain in all other areas whether the targets will be achieved (yellow) or are likely to be missed (red). „A secure and affordable energy supply while achieving the German climate action targets by 2045 is not a matter of course,“ Commission chairman Andreas Löschel said.