Germany has played an outsized role in the transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear power to renewables. The energy transition in Germany is known as "die Energiewende" (literally, "the energy turn") indicating a turn away from old fuels and technologies to new one. The key policy document outlining the "Energiewende" was published by the German government in September 2010, some six months before the Fukushima nuclear accident; legislative support was passed in September 2010.