“Solar
and
wind
power
are
growing
far
too
fast,”
Oettinger
told
the
Süddeutsche
Zeitung
newspaper
in
an
interview.
“The
German
government
needs
to
limit
the
build-up
–
either
with
a
quota
or
a
cap,”
Oettinger
claimed.
Renewables
met
23%
of
Germany’s
electricity
needs
last
year,
up
from
20%
in
2011.
Oettinger,
who
belongs
to
Chancellor
Angela
Merkel’s
Christian
Democrats,
said
because
there
are
not
enough
transmission
lines
to
transport
power
from
windy
northern
Germany
to
industrial
centres
in
the
south,
the
country
often
exports
electricity
free
to
neighbouring
countries.
Germany
already
has
the
highest
power
prices
in
the
world
behind…
