“Positioning Schleswig-Holstein to set Energiewende pace”

In a joint press release, regional branches of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE), the Industrial Union of Metalworkers (IG Metall) and the German Trade Union Association (DGB) have called on the future Schleswig-Holstein government “to continue to position the state as a pioneer of the energy transition.” In a press release, they said the wind power sector was the basis of sustainable industry policy in the state, and called on legislators to promote citizen participation and advocate for abolishing federal wind power expansion caps. Coalition talks in Schleswig-Holstein are ongoing.

Read the press release in German here.

For background read the CLEW article Wind power course at stake in election in "cradle of Energiewende" and the CLEW dossier Vote2017 - German elections and the Energiewende.