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08 Mar 2022, 13:48
Benjamin Wehrmann

Bavaria urges EU to allow state support to wind power expansion in Southern Germany

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The energy and economy minister of the southern German state Bavaria, Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), has called on the federal government to remove bureaucratic hurdles at the EU level that delay financial support to a faster expansion of wind power and bioenergy installations in the state. Aiwanger Germany needs a 鈥渜uota for the South,鈥 as states in the North of the country continue to be far ahead in the rollout of wind power, a key technology. 鈥淲e have to make sure that enough funding for wind turbine volumes that are auctioned in the South is available to compensate for the lower wind yield there and give wind power a boost,鈥 Aiwanger said. He criticised the EU for blocking such a measure due to competition concerns, effectively putting a brake on wind power expansion in the region. 鈥淲e need every kilowatt hour of electricity,鈥 Aiwanger argued. The German government is in favour of granting bidders in the South favourable conditions to encourage them to take part in national auctions, in which the lion鈥檚 share of new installations routinely goes to states in the North. 鈥淭he war in Ukraine and our dependence on Russian energy must compel the EU to pull the lever and let wind power in southern Germany flourish.鈥

Wind power already is Germany鈥檚 most important renewable power source and plays a key role in future energy system planning. Bavaria, the country鈥檚 biggest state, has one of the lowest wind power capacities in Germany, a fact that the wind power industry and environmental groups largely blame on the state鈥檚 strict minimum distance rules, which are much tighter than in other German states.

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