Economy Minister Katherina Reiche has long since distanced herself from the traffic-light coalition government’s energy transition. In addition to sustainability and climate protection, she argues, affordability and availability must also be taken into account. Against this backdrop, the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) published a study at the end of 2025 showing that the current course is causing economically unsustainable costs—amounting to at least 5 trillion euros by 2045. GES contributed to this study, which outlines a Plan B for the energy transition. The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) has published a critique of the DIHK study. A critique that GES cannot simply let stand.
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