The Global Wind Energy Council secretary-general tells Recharge that every country should be playing close attention to the Energiewende “because I hope eventually we will all get to a future which is dominated by renewables.

“Between Chancellor Angela Merkel and energy minister Sigmar Gabriel, I believe, they can achieve something with renewables in Germany that will be historic and epoch-making.”

On the wider stage, Sawyer says president-elect Jean-Claude Juncker’s proposed changes to the structure of the European Commission (EC) are well worth a try and may work.

“Juncker’s