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Germany has underlined its commitment to green energy sources, presenting an "energy roadmap" which emphasizes energy efficiency and reliance on renewable sources. As part of the plan, it pledges to lift the efficiency of fossil fuel power stations by 2020 as well as renewing its goal to phase out nuclear energy.
Matthias Machnig a senior official at Germany's Environment Ministry, dubbed the roadmap, "a seriously calculated set of guidelines which will help us to overcome the challenges which lie ahead." Speaking at a press conference in Berlin on Thursday, he said that Germany, which already leads the European pack in alternative energies, will generate 30 per cent of energy with renewables by 2020.
