“Germany takes steps to roll back renewable energy revolution”

The German government plans to put the brakes on wind power development in the country’s windy north because the electricity grid could not be extended quickly enough, writes Philip Oltermann in The Guardian. “Some analysts argue that while Germany is right to address grid congestion, doing so by artificially slowing down the wind energy boom risks undermining the country’s credibility as a green leader,” writes Oltermann. The government claimed the steps were necessary “to stop the renewables revolution from undermining its own success”, he wrote.

Read the article in English here.

For background, read the CLEW factsheets Re-dispatch costs in the German power grid and Loop flows: Why is wind power from northern Germany putting east European grids under pressure?