Germany is facing multiple struggles on the energy front. Rising energy costs are a concern for consumers and industry; grid bottlenecks are hampering renewables deployment and utilization rates; the country remains highly dependent on imported natural gas; and the anti-climate, anti-renewables far-right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) is gaining political traction. Under fire, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised a set of tough reform measures, many concerning energy issues, to get voters behind his coalition government again. Heading toward COP31, Berlin is pushing for electrification and the phaseout of fossil fuels at the national and global levels. But in the EU, the German government is backing delays to methane regulations that, if pushed back, could pave the way for more carbon-intensive LNG imports from the US.

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