CAPTION: German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck. (picture alliance/dpa/Kay Nietfeld)
German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck wants to get rid of stumbling blocks in the way to speeding up the expansion of onshore wind power generation.
During a high-level meeting of industry representatives and government experts hosted by Habeck in Berlin, the minister said all obstacles must be removed in order to more than quadruple the current rate of expansion.
A number of packages of legal measures had been adopted last year, for example in planning and licensing, he said, but "smaller stones" still lay in the way.
For example, with regard to local authorities, the necessary speed of approval has not yet been achieved, he said.
As part of its onshore wind energy strategy, his ministry plans to create more incentives, better financing conditions for direct contracts between energy producers and electricity consumers, and to make sure wind power can be made available to industry.
Further issues are the speedy transport of wind turbines and the securing of land.
Consultations on the strategy are planned until the end of March, after which it will be developed and presented at a second wind power summit, which will probably take place in April.
From the industry's point of view, the expansion of wind energy has made only sluggish progress since the beginning of the year.
The German Wind Energy Association declared in January that the target of an increase of 4.5 gigawatts could not be achieved this year. Too few projects were approved and approval procedures are still too much and too long, the association said.
Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had said that four to five new wind turbines per day would have to be set up by 2030.
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