Government to decide on special renewables auctions in October
After several hours of negotiations on diesel emissions and immigration, the federal government coalition also agreed that it would decide to implement special renewables auctions 鈥渢o contribute to closing the gap in the 2020 climate target鈥� in a cabinet meeting in October. A after the talks confirmed the coalition agreement from February 2018, in which Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) said they would implement additional auctions for 4 gigawatt (GW) of onshore wind power and 4 GW of solar power as well as 鈥渙ne offshore wind power contribution鈥� in 2018 and 2019, 鈥減rovided that the grid鈥檚 carrying capacity is sufficient鈥�. The coalition also said it would raise the renewable power expansion goal to 65 percent by 2030, as stipulated in the February agreement, and adopt the expansion paths for each renewable technology.
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For background, read the 威力彩玩法 article Wind industry calls for special auctions amid expansion slowdown and the dossier The new German government and the energy transition.