Die steigenden Energiepreise durch den Ukraine-Krieg dürften vor allem der Grund für die Heizungskrise im letzten Jahr gewesen sein. In Milionen Haushalten war es nicht richtig wam.
Peter Altmaier speaks in the Bundestag for the first time as Environment Minister. He sees the slump in the expansion of photovoltaics as a success. At the same time he is committed to the energy transition. The opposition is sceptical: Black/Yellow coalition government is making a mess of the energy transition. This cannot be “twittered away”.
Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier sees initial successes in the attempt to avoid additional costs by expanding renewable energies too quickly. In July, the construction of new solar plants had reached an output of 540 megawatts in July and 320 megawatts in August, said the CDU politician when discussing his ministry’s budget in the Bundestag. In June it was still around 1800 and at the almost 4400 megawatts in the first half of the year. The boom in the first half of the year was also triggered by the announcement of the cuts. The subsidy payments factored into the price of electricity had been cut before the summer break in order to contain costs somewhat. “This shows that our joint law is starting to take effect, working,” said Altmaier.
Altmaier defended his demand that that the expansion of renewable energies cannot continue unabated. For example, nobody could be interested in solar roofs and wind turbines without electricity grids. “A lot has been neglected in the past.”
FDP wants full stop
The generation of electricity from wind, biomass or solar energy is growing significantly faster than planned by the government. As a result, subsidies are also increasing, there are growing calls within the coalition to reorganise subsidies and and put the brakes on expansion. While the FDP and the Ministry of Economic Affairs want to push through new regulations before the federal election in the autumn of 2013, Altmaier has described this as unrealistic. However, Altmaier has also called a revision of the subsidisation necessary. “It is not only important that the energy transition succeeds, it also depends on how it succeeds,” he said.
“You can’t tweet that away”
SPD environmental politician Matthias Miersch criticised Altmaier’s comments, saying that he was doing the business of the opponents of the energy transition in the coalition. This would drive up electricity costs for SMEs and consumers, as the government had tripled the number of companies exempted from the costs of subsidising green electricity. This means that households and small businesses have to pay all the more, said Miersch. In addition, the prices for electricity on the exchanges had fallen due to the increase in green electricity. However, the large suppliers were not passing this on to consumers. Sven-Christian Kindler from the Greens criticised that Altmaier should stand up for renewable energies and put the brakes on their opponents in his own ranks. The FDP is even talking about a moratorium on expansion. “The energy turnaround with Black-Yellow means: this is the turnaround against renewable energies,” he said. He added that the black/yellow coalition was making a mess of the energy transition. “You, Minister Altmaier, can’t witter that away either,” said Kindler. The accusation led to a brief exchange of blows on Twitter. Altmaier wrote about and to Kindler: “I suspect he’s somehow jealous! ;-)” And Kindler replied: “Nope. Good Twitter performance is no substitute for bad environmental policy. You can’t tweet failure in the energy transition beautifully”.
In the Bundestag, Altmaier emphasised that the energy transition is a key project. “If we can show that we are economically successful with a new energy policy, this will be emulated in other countries.” Oil, gas and coal would then be increasingly replaced by renewable energies and climate protection would be advanced accordingly.
Let’s not forget the excellent work of Peter Altmaier in that regard:
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Altmaier is pleased
Slump in photovoltaics
11.09.2012, 6:53 pm
Peter Altmaier speaks in the Bundestag for the first time as Environment Minister. He sees the slump in the expansion of photovoltaics as a success. At the same time he is committed to the energy transition. The opposition is sceptical: Black/Yellow coalition government is making a mess of the energy transition. This cannot be “twittered away”.
Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier sees initial successes in the attempt to avoid additional costs by expanding renewable energies too quickly. In July, the construction of new solar plants had reached an output of 540 megawatts in July and 320 megawatts in August, said the CDU politician when discussing his ministry’s budget in the Bundestag. In June it was still around 1800 and at the almost 4400 megawatts in the first half of the year. The boom in the first half of the year was also triggered by the announcement of the cuts. The subsidy payments factored into the price of electricity had been cut before the summer break in order to contain costs somewhat. “This shows that our joint law is starting to take effect, working,” said Altmaier.
Altmaier defended his demand that that the expansion of renewable energies cannot continue unabated. For example, nobody could be interested in solar roofs and wind turbines without electricity grids. “A lot has been neglected in the past.”
FDP wants full stop
The generation of electricity from wind, biomass or solar energy is growing significantly faster than planned by the government. As a result, subsidies are also increasing, there are growing calls within the coalition to reorganise subsidies and and put the brakes on expansion. While the FDP and the Ministry of Economic Affairs want to push through new regulations before the federal election in the autumn of 2013, Altmaier has described this as unrealistic. However, Altmaier has also called a revision of the subsidisation necessary. “It is not only important that the energy transition succeeds, it also depends on how it succeeds,” he said.
“You can’t tweet that away”
SPD environmental politician Matthias Miersch criticised Altmaier’s comments, saying that he was doing the business of the opponents of the energy transition in the coalition. This would drive up electricity costs for SMEs and consumers, as the government had tripled the number of companies exempted from the costs of subsidising green electricity. This means that households and small businesses have to pay all the more, said Miersch. In addition, the prices for electricity on the exchanges had fallen due to the increase in green electricity. However, the large suppliers were not passing this on to consumers. Sven-Christian Kindler from the Greens criticised that Altmaier should stand up for renewable energies and put the brakes on their opponents in his own ranks. The FDP is even talking about a moratorium on expansion. “The energy turnaround with Black-Yellow means: this is the turnaround against renewable energies,” he said. He added that the black/yellow coalition was making a mess of the energy transition. “You, Minister Altmaier, can’t witter that away either,” said Kindler. The accusation led to a brief exchange of blows on Twitter. Altmaier wrote about and to Kindler: “I suspect he’s somehow jealous! ;-)” And Kindler replied: “Nope. Good Twitter performance is no substitute for bad environmental policy. You can’t tweet failure in the energy transition beautifully”.
In the Bundestag, Altmaier emphasised that the energy transition is a key project. “If we can show that we are economically successful with a new energy policy, this will be emulated in other countries.” Oil, gas and coal would then be increasingly replaced by renewable energies and climate protection would be advanced accordingly.