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Germany[edit]
Main article: German Renewable Energy Sources Act

A chart summarizing German energy legislation is available.

One of the main countries that uses renewable energy laws is Germany. To lower carbon emissions Germany is undergoing a energy transition from things like fossils fuels to renewable energys such as wind power. This transition is known as Energiewende which means energy transition. The process of implementing these Energiewende started in the 1990s and continues to this day. To speed up investment to support Renewable energy systems feed-in tariffs are put in to place with most offering a long term contract for twenty years. With these feed in tariffs the primary consumption of energy while using renewable resources has grown from 1.9% in 1995 to 12.6% in 2015. This transition is also heavily supported by the German people with 92% saying they support implementing more renewable energy systems. One of the most used renewable energy sources used is onshore wind power. Just over 35.5% of electricity from renewable sources comes from onshore wind power and it is claimed to be the most cost efficient renewable source.