Although its approval was anticipated, the cabinet’s rapid imprimatur leaves the bill on track for legislative passage later this year, and underscores the seriousness with which Merkel is taking the problems of the offshore wind sector, where development has slowed to a crawl.
The law would see much of the financial burden for delayed connections passed on to the German ratepayer – a contradiction of sorts, given Berlin’s recent hand-wringing about rising electricity prices.
But
