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2024 was a strong year for Eeola Energy in Germany, with prizes of permits for land -ranging wind turbines, in accordance with industry data – but the upcoming elections from February 23 mean that the sector is now uncertain, among the vocal skepticism on the part of both sides leading in the polls.
Friedrich Merz, leader of the Central Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which is questionnaire In the first place with about 30% of support, next to its associate party, described wind energy as a “transition technology”. Talking to a public sender ZDF At the end of last year, he said that he hopes that “ugly” wind turbines could be finally dismantled, “because they do not match the landscape.”
Extremely right -wing alternative Fuer Deutschland, which is second in the national Surveys And it is expected to provide about 20% of the votes, he went even more rhetoric. The candidate for the Chancellor of the Party, Alice Weidel, threatened to break all the wind turbines that she apparently Marked as a “shame windmill”. AFD called climate change and often rejected actions taken to solve the environmental crisis.
Power wind, a form of renewable energy used to generate electricity, is considered important in the passage from fossil fuels.
Wolf-Piotr Schill, an energy economist at the German Institute of Economic Research (DiW Berlin), said that some “wind power” during the election campaign was sometimes “absurd”, especially from AfD.
“AfD is a nightmare in many respects – also in terms of their wind energy, but I think it is not very important because they will not be in power,” said Schill, who said CNBC over over CNBC Video combination.
Despite the AFD probation in second place, all other main parties in Germany have so far committed to do not enter them to the coalition government, which means that they will probably be part of the opposition after the election.
“What CDU does, a conservative party is much more important, at least for the next government,” noted Schill.
Germany extension of wind energy
Schill recently quoted report From the German Wind Energy Association and VDMA Power Systems engineering, which said that the country reached a historic milestone on land wind energy in 2024.
The report said that the largest economy in Europe licensed over 2,400 wind turbines on land on land, which is a total ability to over 14 gigawatts. He added that contracts awarded for land turbines also increased by high -record high, added.
Dennis Rendschmidt, managing director of VDMA Power Systems, told CNBC that record data emphasize the effectiveness of legal changes and political means implemented in recent years. He said that they also signaled new dynamics for the sector.
“This rush must be kept by the new federal government,” added Rendschmidt, according to the translation of CNBC E -Maili. He said that the extension of wind energy must be continued without restrictions, because this would reduce energy costs, create jobs, safe energy supply and reduce dependence on energy import.
Schill Diw Berlin sees some potential obstacles.
“All conditions are really determined for future growth,” he said, noting that the only obstacles may arise if the upcoming government releases the pace of expansion, for ideological reasons or lack of understanding the role that the power power will be.
Giles Dickson, general director of the Windeurope trading group, said CNBC that there should be only a small problem for the sector in the likely government scenario of the government.
“If you look at the CDU, with (Social Democratic Party) or Greens in a coalition or both, it doesn't represent storm clouds for us,” he said.
The party is not neglected when it comes to climate change and at least does not oppose wind energy, Andreas Reuter, Managing Director of the Wind Energy Energy Systems Institute of Energy Fraunhofer (IWES), said CNBC when he develops the position of the probable leader of the leader leader leader New Coalition Germany, CDU/CSU .
Although CDU was previously critical of wind turbines, Reuter said that the party would probably consider them “acceptable” because they are essentially reliable and produce cheap energy.
Challenges related to renewable energy
Although the change of government may not mean that the problems of German wind energy are inevitable, the new ruling coalition will face challenges when it comes to renewable energy sources and wind energy.
This includes the updates of the German Act on renewable energy sources, German law designed Dickson noticed that to make sure that the country can produce 80% of its electricity from renewable sources to the end of the decade.
Solar and wind energy are crucial for these ambitions, because Germany's efforts to win energy from the nuclear fusion – which is widely considered to be a highly balanced power source – are still at the stage of research and planning. The Germans cut off the last remaining traditional nuclear power plants in 2023.
He said that the new government would have to work on the new iteration of the law, suggesting that industry authorities would have to carefully observe these changes and look for a close dialogue with the government to shape changes.
The goals in which German, which they currently have, in the scope of increasing renewable energy production and use is another area that will require corrections. Some of these goals are “completely unreal”, said Reuter Iwes.
This means that the government will have to lower its goals, otherwise it will miss them every year, said that he did notING That the current plans were “aggressive” – but it was helpful in showing that renewable energy sources were a priority and encouraging people to think great and create a positive environment around this problem.
“On the other hand, we still have a gap, which is getting bigger, the closer to 2030 and the question is: how do we want to fill the gap? When will we accept that we are not going to achieve these goals?