Wind industry still dependent on state support - opinion

Having received state support for twenty years through the Renewable Energy Act (EEG), the German wind power industry “still cannot stand on its own feet,” writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In the current crisis – which, according to sector representatives, was brought on by mistakes committed in political regulation – the industry “calls for state money like an addict for a dealer,” writes Mihm. While the government had set a more ambitious renewables target for 2030, the expansion of wind power must hinge on power grid development, he writes. “Anything else would be irresponsible.”

For background, read the CLEW article Minister promises stability for troubled German wind power sector and the dossier Onshore wind power in Germany.