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Cutting Carbon Costs: Learning from Germany’s Energy Saving Program / Anne Power &#38; Monika Zulauf. What Works Collaborative, Sept. 2011, 105 p.http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2011/0902_germany_energy_power_zulauf/0902_energy_power_zulauf.pdfGermany is leading the way in developing “green” technologies and has the most ambitious energy-saving program in Europe, aiming for a 30 percent reduction in energy usage by 2020, and a 30-percent renewable energy share, consisting mainly of biomass, wind, and solar. Germany’s experience—its success and lessons learned—provide a solid evidence base from which nations like the United States can “leapfrog” Europe, and tackle even more pressing energy and climate change demands through deliberate public and private action. (© authors)&#160;(info source : Brookings)