Unclear funding stalls German tech

The German government sought to position the country as a leading tech hub, but unclear allocation of multibillion-euro funding delayed high-tech agenda, while wind power generation fell despite more turbines.

by Mark Z. Jacobson

35%

Scholar power: 35.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark Z. Jacobson	11%	116	35.5%

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50.0%

37.5 h

35.5%

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Mark Z. Jacobson

@mzjacobson.bsky.social

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.

Clean energy is surging — with or without Trump
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/desp...

Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging » Yale Climate Connections

In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source.

yaleclimateconnections.org

February 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM

by Daniel P. Aldrich

Scholar power: 7.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 40%, Environmental science 20%, Economics 15%, Political science 15%, Engineering 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel P. Aldrich	4%	39	7.5%

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51.0%

13.7 h

7.5%

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0.011

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Daniel Aldrich

@danielaldrich.bsky.social

A funny thing happened on the way to Trump’s mission to obliterate renewable energy: solar and wind energy use is surging, especially globally, but even in the United States, with green electricity generation growing 109% worldwide last year
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/desp...