“We need more speed in the energy transition” – Schleswig-Holstein energy minister
Welt online
If future power needs are around 600 terawatt-hours, Germany would need 97 gigawatt (GW) of onshore wind, 25-35 GW offshore wind and 102 GW solar PV capacity, Schleswig-Holstein’s energy transition minister and head of the federal Green Party Robert Habeck told a wind power trade fair in Husum, Brigitta von Gyldenfeldt reports for Welt online. This means renewables development would have to be accelerated dramatically and across state borders, Habeck said. “Politicians also have to defend the unpleasant details of the energy transition,” he said, referring to the necessary expansion of the power grid which is often opposed by citizens.
Read the article in German here.
Read a CLEW dossier on the grid expansion here.
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