“Renewable energies make us more independent of Russia, andalso of other politically difficult regions in the world,” BEE president FritzBrickwedde said at a joint press conference with leaders of Germany’s windenergy federation BWE, its biogas federation and its solar energy associationBSW Solar.

The briefing took place a day before Chancellor AngelaMerkel meets with German state premiers to discuss the draft proposal for areform of the EEG.