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It aims to free up new land for green power production, speed up permit procedures, and massively increase wind and solar additions to achieve a nearly 100-percent renewable power supply by 2035. The energy industry welcomed the package as a good starting point for the necessary faster roll-out of wind and solar energy in Germany.
[UPDATE add reactions from industry] After little more than 100 days in office, Germany’s new government has presented what it calls the “biggest energy policy reform in decades” to massively increase the buildout of renewable energies.
The WindBG also specifies obligations to act that allow monitoring as early as 2024. The special rules on onshore wind energy in the German Building Code (Baugesetzbuch, BauG) are adapted to the WindBG, in particular to the area targets.
With the current share standing at about 49%, virtually as much renewable capacity will have to be added in the next eight years as during the last 30 years. Increasing electrification means that demand for electricity will also continue to rise – the German government expects demand for renewable electricity to reach 600 TWh by 2030.
This decline is mainly due to the reduction of conventional energy sources such as lignite, natural gas, and coal. The year 2023 was marked by the complete absence of nuclear energy, following the closure of the last plants in April. Germany is now aiming for climate neutrality by 2045.
In the “biggest energy policy reform in decades,” the coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) proposes to lift the rollout of wind and solar power “to a completely new level” in a draft law amounting to more than 500 pages.
The global residential solar storage and inverter market is experiencing rapid expansion, with demand increasing by over 300% in the past three years. Home energy storage solutions now account for approximately 35% of all new residential solar installations worldwide. North America leads with 38% market share, driven by homeowner energy independence goals and federal tax credits that reduce total system costs by 26-30%. Europe follows with 32% market share, where standardized home storage designs have cut installation timelines by 55% compared to custom solutions. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest-growing region at 45% CAGR, with manufacturing innovations reducing system prices by 18% annually. Emerging markets are adopting residential storage for backup power and energy cost reduction, with typical payback periods of 4-7 years. Modern home installations now feature integrated systems with 10-30kWh capacity at costs below $700/kWh for complete residential energy solutions.
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