01 Jun 2018

State premier Weil says Lower Saxony will become Germany’s number one green energy state

kreiszeitung.de

The northern German federal state of Lower Saxony will “probably become the number one energy state” in the country thanks to its large installed and potential capacity of onshore and offshore wind power, the state’s Social Democrat (SPD) minister president, Stephan Weil, was quoted by the news website kreiszeitung.de as saying. Weil said the prospects were “a massive opportunity for us,” as the expected further expansion of renewable power sources to bring more economic growth and research activities to the state. Weil made these remarks during a visit to a new research institute of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), which works on sector coupling procedures that aim to efficiently integrate the power, mobility, and heating sectors.

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