The federal government wants to become more independent of fossil raw materials. Renewable energies from wind and sun are making an ever greater contribution to the electricity supply. But there are also problems.
Renewable energies from wind and solar covered more than half of Germany’s electricity consumption in the first three quarters of this year. Exactly it was around 52 percent – an increase of almost five percentage points compared to the same period last year, as preliminary calculations by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry (BDEW) show.
The expansion of renewable energies plays a central role for the federal government in achieving climate goals and becoming more independent of fossil raw materials.
BDEW Managing Director Kerstin Andreae explained that photovoltaic systems in particular are making an increasingly larger contribution to electricity supply. But it is also clear that electricity generation from renewable energies fluctuates. In times when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, gas power plants that can also burn hydrogen are necessary. “It is therefore important that the construction of such flexible power plants is encouraged and investment security is created.”
Source: Stern