The EWG conducts research and publishes studies on global energy developments concerning both fossil fuels and renewables.
[2] The EWG conducts research on energy issues, including natural gas, crude oil, coal, renewables and uranium.
According to calculations by the EWG, peak-oil has already been reached in 2006 with a global oil production maximum of 81 million barrels per day and is now on a steep decline.
[6] The EWG further maintains that neither new production techniques such as fracking, nor nuclear power nor a diversification of the fossil fuel portfolio can reverse the trend of a collapsing conventional energy system.
A recent EWG report warns that fracking not only has catastrophic consequences for the environmental and detrimental health impacts, but is also economically unviable, particularly in Europe.
[8] Substitution of declining fossil fuel reserves with nuclear energy is also doomed to fail due to two factors.
It will tackle the question how a global solution towards an energy system based on 100% renewables can be achieved in a feasible and low cost way and across four major sectors: electricity, heating, industrial demand and transport.
Several statements made by the EWG are in stark contrast with those of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and other organizations in the field.
[16] The Energy Watch Group criticism of the IEA credibility has attracted a lot of attention in the international media.
[24] The Energy Watch Group has also criticized the German government in recent years for their controversial policies in regard to climate change and Energiewende.