Germans pay extra for clean energy—is it worth it?

The aggressive incentives legislated by Germany to increase renewable energy production have resulted in a major transformation of the energy sector in this industrialized European country. The German example demonstrates that an economy can maintain competitiveness and growth while undergoing the transformation to clean energy sources, and is a model that should be emulated here in the US.
http://www.grist.org/energy-policy/2011-04-18-germans-pay-extra-for-clean-renewable-energy-is-it-worth-it