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Students discuss the German “Energiewende” 1/5

In a few days, international students from the Hertie School in Berlin will be participating in a discussion forum with German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier and Winfried Kretschmann, the Green Party’s first state premier in Baden-Württemberg. The debate will focus on Germany’s “Energiewende,” literally an energy turnaround involving ambitious plans to phase out nuclear power and boost renewable energy.

Starting today until March 13, we’ll be introducing the students taking part in the debate. We begin with Dennis Mwaura from Kenya.

Dennis Mwaura, Kenya from DW_Global Ideas on Vimeo.

Date

March 8, 2013

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altmaier, berlin, energiewende, energy, Germany, grid, hertie school, kretschmann, panel, power, storage, student, turnaround

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