Renewable Energy Transition
The progressive replacement of fossil fuel energy production with renewable sources, driven by climate change concerns and technological improvements.
Real World
Germany's Energiewende (energy transition) policy has raised the renewable share of electricity to over 50%, but has also faced criticism for rising consumer energy bills and the slow phase-out of coal in former mining regions like the Ruhr Valley.
Exam Focus
Structure energy transition answers around economic, social, and environmental dimensions — single-strand responses rarely achieve top-band marks.
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