Berlin missing opportunity by leaving solar power out of new school construction - report
Tagesspiegel
Berlin is in the midst of a school construction boom, but so far none of those new schools will have solar power systems, . That鈥檚 despite the city of Berlin鈥檚聽 2016 energy transition law, which aimed to increase the use of renewable energy in public buildings, and the city鈥檚 goal of becoming a . A Green Party member of Parliament, Andreas Otto, told Tagesspiegel he plans to raise the issue with the Berlin government.
Berlin has set a goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050. Ramona Pop, Berlin鈥檚 economy and energy senator and a member of the Green Party, has said that adding solar power to Berlin rooftops is a major priority as the city seeks to meet those targets, and she is currently heading up a 鈥淪olarcity鈥� master plan that will lay out a roadmap for increasing solar power generation in the city.
