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Ampel wants to massively accelerate the expansion of renewable energies
STORY: Demonstrators in front of the Chancellery in Berlin flipped the switch on Wednesday. And the federal government now wants to massively accelerate the expansion of renewable energies. Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck introduced a comprehensive package of measures to the cabinet. The so-called “Easter package” provides for changes to numerous laws and regulations. This is intended to implement energy policy goals from the traffic light coalition agreement, which are independent of the war in Ukraine, but have meanwhile become even more important due to the high dependence on energy supplies from Russia. By 2030, at least 80 percent of German electricity consumption should come from renewable sources. By 2035 it should be almost 100 percent. “The focus of this package is a wording that will make the expansion of renewable energies – especially onshore wind – significantly easier and faster in the future. And it is the wording that the expansion of renewable energies is in the overriding public interest and is in the interest of security and thus serve Germany’s security policy.” “The war, the deaths, the murders, the brutality in Ukraine has shown us once again how energy policy is also geopolitics, what interests, even security interests, are affected directly and indirectly, but also directly and indirectly by energy policy dependencies. ” It is also planned to provide new areas for the expansion of photovoltaics. The remuneration for solar power will be increased significantly, as early as 2022. The expansion targets for offshore wind energy will also be increased. The government’s plans now have to go through the Bundestag. The changes are expected to come into effect as early as July 1st.
As a principle of the so-called “Easter package”, it should be anchored that the use of renewable energies is in the overriding public interest and serves public safety.