The Climate Ministry has developed a scheme to support wind farms, according to which the taxpayer will have to pay more than one hundred million euros annually for the next twenty years. However, it is unclear why this should be done. /nginx/o/2024/08/28/16319851t1hddd1.jpg)
An offshore wind farm near the island of Rügen. The state believes that there should be more wind farms and that their creation should be supported. Photo: Stefan Sauer
The Climate Ministry has developed a scheme to support wind farms, according to which the taxpayer will have to pay more than one hundred million euros annually for the next twenty years. However, it is unclear why this should be done.
Translation: Alexander Shkut
The new Climate Law states that in order to increase the production of renewable electricity, public tenders must be held, in which contractors will offer the lowest price. The law also states what the state will support – offshore wind farms, none of which currently exist. In the explanatory note, politicians wrote that they want to receive two terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity from offshore wind farms. There were also costs for electricity consumers: 130 million euros per year, a total of 2.6 billion euros over 20 years.