"Up to the year 2010, we have built up [renewables] according to plan. In 2010 and 2011, growth went up, and now we’re above plan,” Altmaier said during a discussion on scenarios and costs of the renewables expansion. “With the build-up at a very high speed as we’re seeing it now, we’ll experience that the build-up will not only cost money faster, but also cost more money.”

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