Greens and Free Democrats in Schleswig-Holstein differ most on electricity policy

For the upcoming coalition talks in Germany's northernmost state Schleswig-Holstein, policy positions by the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) differ most when it comes to the power sector, said regional FPD leader Wolfgang Kubicki in a joint interview with Green state energy minister Robert Habeck in German weekly Die Zeit. “We don’t think it makes sense that people here pay for power that is not delivered and that cannot be transported,” said Kubicki. Habeck said that the state did not have too much excess wind power, but that it needed to use it in all sectors and with the help of technology like storage and power-to-gas – instead of turning off turbines. “We need to take the bull by the horns, not retreat,” said Habeck.

Read the interview (behind paywall) in German here.

For background read the CLEW article Wind power course at stake in election in "cradle of Energiewende" and the CLEW dossier Vote2017 - German elections and the Energiewende.