Frankfurt, Germany: Joining France and the Netherlands in a historic clean energy shift, Germany on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to abandon fossil fuels entirely by 2045.
Germany's measures include building up renewable power, greater reliance on electric cars and the application of European Union carbon trading schemes to drive industrial polluters away from fossil fuels, the ministry statement added.
Fentje Jacobsen, a climate policy advisor at the WWF, said the roadmap largely restated existing iniatives without adding "new ideas or additional ambitions".
"The current government is meanwhile planning to rely less on renewables and more on gas," she added.
Energy Minister Katherina Reiche favours building new gas-fired power plants to help stabilise the electricity grid and help offset the intermittency of renewable sources like wind and solar.
