Merkel Tours Energy Production Site

DARMSTADT, GERMANY - AUGUST 27: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Manfred Hegger (2ndL), Hans Juergen Proemel (C) and Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle (R) talk during a visit of the Solar Declathon House of the Technical University Darmstadt on August 27, 2010 in Darmstadt, Germany. In Darmstadt Merkel finishes her visits of a variety of energy producing facilities, including a nuclear energy plant, a windpark and a biogas plant, ahead of a government decision planned for the end of September on what combination of energy producing possibilities the government will pursue as part of its future energy policy. Germany is investing heavily in alternative and high efficient energy production. (Photo by Stefan Oelsner-Pool/Getty Images)