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I think the last 2-3 years it has somewhat stagnated (for example [1]), driven by conservative politicians fishing for votes with NIMBY policies (while at the s
by Sol- 5y ago
I think the last 2-3 years it has somewhat stagnated (for example [1]), driven by conservative politicians fishing for votes with NIMBY policies (while at the same time increasing dependence on Russian imports). Hopefully the new government can pick it back up, though.
[1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-build-no-new-offshore-wind-turbines-2021-first-time-ten-years https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-build-no-new-of...
- Wohlf 5y agoEven without politics it would have slowed in the last 2 years due to shortages.
- locallost 5y agoI don't know of it was NIMBYism, but a few years ago the relatively simple feed in tariff system was replaced by a kind of a bidding system designed to allow new capacity addition to the most efficient producer. But by design they tried to limit the amount of new capacity added. Honestly I don't know all the details, but it's not very far fetched that there was a fair bit of politics involved, and protection of interests of a lot of non renewable energy producers. Some details here https://m.dw.com/en/german-cabinet-puts-brakes-on-clean-energy-transition/a-19318942 https://m.dw.com/en/german-cabinet-puts-brakes-on-clean-ener...
- namibj 5y agoA big NIMBY-issue is Bavaria (and others) famously blocking addition of above-ground north/south transmission capacity, causing expensive buried cables across farmlands and forests.