“NIMBYism, co-operatives and Germany’s energy transition”
Co-operative News
Exempting citizens’ energy projects from subsidy auctions for green power fed into the grid – laid out in the Renewable Energy Act reform – could ensure the continued presence of these small decentralised companies and thus the population’s support for the country’s energy transition, according to Andreas Wieg of the German cooperatives association DGRV, writes Rebecca Harvey for Co-operative News. Acceptance by communities could be created by financial incentives: “If you were getting 200 euros a year for a wind turbine in your back yard, would you have a problem with that? Possibly not,” said Wieg.
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