German
environment
minister
Peter
Altmaier
and
economics
minister
Philipp
Rösler
last
week
proposed
a
series
of
harsh
measures
designed
to
freeze
the
surcharge
on
electricity
bills
that
finances
feed-in
tariffs
(FITs)
for
renewables.
Enercon
is
the
biggest
supplier
to
the
German
onshore
wind
market,
and
therefore
heavily
exposed
to
the
plan,
which
includes
a
cut
in
FITs
for
new
onshore
plants
to
€0.08
per
kWh
from
about
€0.09
per
kWh
now.
“If
the
proposed
measures
to
curb
the
costs
of
the
build-up
of
renewables
were
to
be
put
into
practice
in
the
current
form,
it
would
lead
to
a
not-to-be-underestimated
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