Based on close to two hundred interviews with decision-makers, government officials, and industry stakeholders, Karoline Steinbacher presents the first in-depth enquiry into Germany's efforts of "exporting" its sustainable energy policies. The book closes the empirical gap in understanding how Germany's leadership influences the transfer of renewable energy policy to three heterogeneous cases, namely Morocco, South Africa, and California.

Dr. Karoline Steinbacher is a managing consultant in energy policies at a leading consultancy in the field of renewable energy in Berlin, Germany. Research for this book was finalized during her time as a research fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.