The grid as the basis for the energy turnaround

Will it again come round to getting out of the nuclear power phase-out already decided upon? This is something that cannot be dismissed looking at the actual stage reached in the energy turnaround process. What has become of the initial euphoria with which the German government suggested that opting out of nuclear energy would be possible without any major problems? The question is whether the government can still meet its own targets of decommissioning the last nuclear plant in 2022 and almost fully changing over to renewable energies until 2050. At the moment, it is not easy to answer this question. But one thing is clear: the energy turnaround is not going smoothly. "The chief energy turnaround problem is that its serious effects are either not taken seriously, are dramatized or are simply denied." Clear words indeed from Matthias Kurth, former President of the Federal Network Agency, on practical implementation of the energy turnaround (in the FAZ dated 16.03.2012). The energy turnaround - which is actually synonymous with 16 minor energy turnarounds in the German federal states - will fail if it does not achieve that momentum over the next few years which it should in theory.