Meanings
- The German energy transition, a change in national energy policy in favor of renewable sources and energy efficiency.
The primary goals of the Energiewende, as set out by the government, begin with a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
2014, Woodrow W. Clark, Global Sustainable Communities Handbook, →ISBN, page 3692 more examples
The Energiewende is thus partly in conflict with the German national plan for a change of the entire energy system issued in 2010.
2012, Robert Schlögl, Chemical Energy Storage, →ISBN, page 1Newscasters and politicians in Germany began conflating the 2011 nuclear phaseout with the Engergiewende, and people began saying misleading things like "since the Energiewende began in 2011."
2016, Craig Morris, Arne Jungjohann, Energy Democracy: Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables, →ISBN
Origin
- GermanEnergiewende“energy transition”
- EnglishEnergiewende
Borrowed from German Energiewende (“energy transition”).
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Finnish energiakäännös
- energiakäännösGerman energy transition
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Energiewende. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Energiewende
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