The Federal Ministry of Economy of Germany has presented a plan to foster onshore wind development, as new onshore wind installations are slowing down: in the first half of 2019, they fell by 82% to 287 MW, their lowest level in two decades. The Ministry lists 18 measures to be implemented in 2019 and 2020 at different levels of government (federal government, federal states, local authorities, and municipalities). The program aims to fast-track the approval procedures of onshore wind projects and to reinforce their social acceptance, to accelerate permit approvals and restrict the suspensive effect of actions against wind projects, and to better synchronise the expansion of wind projects with that of the power network.
Germany intends to reach a 65% share of renewable energies in electricity consumption by 2030. In September 2019, the federal government agreed to increase the offshore wind capacity development target for 2030 from 15 GW to 20 GW.