Lower
Saxony
is
key
to
Germany’s
energy
transition
–
with
more
than
7GW,
it
currently
hosts
a
quarter
of
its
operating
wind
capacity
–
but
the
result
holds
wider
implications
for
the
nation’s
renewables
ambitions.
Voters
gave
Merkel’s
Social
Democrat
(SPD)
opponents
32.6%
and
the
Greens
13.7%,
which
translates
into
a
one-seat
majority
in
the
state
parliament
in
Hanover
–
just
enough
to
elect
SPD
candidate
Stephan
Weil
as
new
state
premier.
The
outcome
doesn’t
bode
well
for
Merkel,
who
is
trying
to
get
re-elected
in
September
running
on
the
same
conservative-liberal
platform…
