“Race to the permit”
Rheinische Post
Small wind power projects are hurrying to receive all necessary permissions to build their wind parks before the switch to an auction-based system for the state support for wind power facilities, writes Sebastian Latzel in Rheinische Post. The new system will come in at the beginning of 2017. Local projects will then be at a disadvantage compared to large investors, as the tender process involves high planning and application costs, the article says.
Read the article in German here.
For background read the CLEW dossier on the reform of the Renewable Energy Act.
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