Germany is one of the countries that has proven to many energy skeptics that the path of renewable sources is the right one. At the same time, it has shown that large countries with sophisticated, energy-intensive economies are capable of obtaining a large portion of their electricity from renewable sources. Over time, German renewable energy is becoming cheaper than traditional "fossil" energy. On many sunny or windy days, Germany obtains more than half of its electricity from renewable sources, which sometimes drives end-user electricity prices into negative numbers. On July 25th of this year, 78% of electricity in Germany came from renewable sources! Last year, Germany produced 161 billion kWh of energy from renewable sources, about 27% of electricity consumption. This year, thanks to the rapid growth of the solar and wind energy sectors, this country is on track to generate 193 billion kWh of energy from renewable sources, about 33% of total electricity consumption. This is a jump of approximately 22% in just one year! Although these are preliminary estimates, on October 31, 2015, wind energy achieved electricity deliveries 47% higher (63 billion kWh) than during the same period in 2014. (more here). Despite late autumn weather tending to be unpredictable, Germany's solar sector has already provided as much electricity during 10 months (35 billion kWh) as in the entire year of 2014. What's even more impressive is when you realize that Germany is not exactly the sunniest or windiest place. So what matters most? Political will to make change along with support from the population. The initial costs of transitioning to clean energy infrastructure are enormous, but definitely worth it. For Greenhousing.cz and DC6.cz, energy is one of the main cost items of operation. Therefore, we are also looking for new solutions that would lead to savings, both financial and environmental. red