SPD deputy group leader reiterates call for additional renewables auctions

Matthias Miersch, deputy leader of the Social Democratic (SPD) group in the German parliament, reiterated his party’s call for additional renewables auctions – as foreseen in the coalition treaty – in an upcoming reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), reports news agency dpa in an article carried by Focus Online. “Should the CDU/CSU block these with new demands, then minister Altmaier can forget his 100-day-act,” said Miersch. After several weeks of postponing a more far reaching reform of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), due to the dispute about additional auctions, Germany last week only made fixes to the rules for onshore wind tenders. These are designed to ensure commercial projects posing as citizens’ initiatives don’t dominate the next rounds of auctions.

In a separate article for energate messenger, Steven Hanke reports that the conservative CDU/CSU is now proposing technology-neutral tenders for the planned additional auctions.

Read the dpa article in German here and the energate article in German here.

Read CLEW dossiers on onshore wind power here and on the EEG here.