Schlagwort: permits

German onshore wind sees record auction volumes, permitting improvements and crucial new port investments

Windpark NRW

German onshore wind is going from strength to strength

Things are really looking up again for onshore wind in Germany

Wind energy permitting is improving but Governments still have work to do

Wind- and Solarenergy

Europe approved significantly more permits for new onshore wind farms in 2023 than in previous years

Revised EU Renewables Directive set to speed up wind permitting

Wind- and Solarenergy

The Environmental Impact Assessments for repowering will be limited to new additional impacts of the projects making the procedure much faster

The EU built only 16 GW new wind in 2022: must restore investor confidence and ramp up supply chain

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

Europe built 19 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2022. 16 GW of those were in the EU. That’s 40% up on 2021. But it’s much less than what’s needed for the EU’s 2030 goals. And investments in new wind farms and new wind turbine orders were down in 2022: due to unhelpful Government …

Weiterlesen

Emergency measures on permitting are a step backwards

Windenergieanlage WEA VESTAS

Permitting is the main bottleneck for the expansion of renewables. 80 GW of wind energy capacity are currently stuck in permitting procedures across Europe

“Overriding public interest” is essential to the expansion of renewables

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

The rules and procedures for awarding permits are too complex. It’s taking far too long to get a permit. Not enough permits are being given

Baltic Sea Countries sign declaration for more cooperation in offshore wind

Wind- and Solarenergy

For the development of offshore wind this also requires massive investments in offshore grid infrastructure, port facilitates and vessels

New German Government must make wind energy a top priority again

Errichtungsbeginn-WEA Vestas

On 26 September Germany will elect a new Parliament. The election will mark the end of the 16-year reign of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU). Regardless of the outcome of the election, WindEurope, the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and VDMA Power Systems call on the new Federal Government to acknowledge the central role of wind energy as the backbone of the German energy system and to remove the existing obstacles to wind energy expansion.

Member States agree on general approach on post-2020 ETS reform

The Environment Council has agreed a general approach on reforming the Emissions Trading System after 2020.

Member States proposed to strengthen the Market Stability Reserve, a facility designed to take excess carbon permits out of the market from 2019 onwards. The rate at which it will take permits out of the market would be doubled. And permits stored in the reserve would be cancelled if a certain threshold is reached.

The linear reduction factor will remain at 2.2%, up from 1.74% today, in line with the Commission’s original proposal.