The rise came amid a further expansion of renewable generation capacity and favourable weather conditions, said the BDEW, the main lobby group of Germany’s energy sector.
The government in Berlin in a proposal to reform the country’s Renewable Energies Act (EEG), for the first time wants to limit the build-up of RE capacity by introducing an expansion cap of 45% by 2025, and 60% by 2035, alleging that a too-rapid expansion drives up power prices.
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