News // In February, Germany's Environmental Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) and Economics Minister Philipp Rösler (FDP) made a surprising proposal to put a lid on the surcharge that covers the cost of renewable electricity. On April 20, it was equally summarily tossed out when the Chancellery canceled a meeting scheduled for this week with the heads of state governments.
News // The theme of the photo competition is wind energy. It is open to all photographers in any country, who want to capture images of wind energy from a new perspective. The challenge is to show the technology as it has never been seen before, for example by showing wind energy with seasonal colours, people, animals and landscapes in a new and unique way. Let your imagination take the lead!
Press release // Hannover/Berlin – Sylvia Pilarsky-Grosch is the new president of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE). Yesterday, the lawyer from Baden-Württemberg was elected to a two-year term at the helm of the BWE by delegates at the annual assembly.
Press release // Last Thursday, German Environmental Minister Altmaier and Industry Minister Rösler produced a position paper that brought German energy policy to a new low. The proposals made by the two ministers will mainly come at the expense of wind power, thereby destabilizing the main pillar of the energy transition.
Press release // Berlin, Germany. The German wind energy market recorded further stable growth in 2012. According to current data collected by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and VDMA Power Systems (VDMA PS), 2012 saw the installation of 1,008 new wind turbines (2011: 895) with a total capacity of 2,439 megawatts (2011: 2,008). Connection of new capacity to the grid thus exceeded the previous year’s figure by around 20 percent.
Quelle: www.wind-energie.de/en/
