Germany Faces $1 Trillion Challenge to Plug Massive Power Gap
- About 250 gigawatts of new electricity capacity needed by 2030
- Germany needs 43 soccer fields of solar power every day
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Germany has set aside more than €260 billion ($275 billion) to deal with the immediate risks of an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine, but the ultimate fix will be much costlier — if the country can pull it off at all.