Renewables build-up will be limited to a binding “expansion corridor” of 40% to 45% of the country’s electricity output by 2025, from roughly 25% now.

For 2035, the range is set at 55% to 65%, according to the final version of the coalition contract that was completed in the early hours today by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and her new Social Democratic (SPD) allies.

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