Altmaier said he is sticking to an offer he made last year to boost Germany’s 2020 target forelectricity from renewable sources to 40%, from a current government target of35%. But at the same time, the minister stressed the need to reform the supportsystem for renewables, in particular for onshore wind.
“I’m not worried that wewon’t reach the 40%. I’m rather concerned that we will overshoot it in someareas,” Altmaier said at a conference on renewable energy held in Berlin.“The
