Germany's coalition government has reached an agreement over standard distance for wind turbines and the abolition of the solar cap. The final decisions on rules governing the minimum distance between homes and wind turbines will be taken at the state government level. In addition, federal authorities lifted the existing cap of 52 GW on the country’s cumulative solar capacity.
Earlier in May 2020, the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy of Germany (BMWi), the energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency), the Federal Office for Shipping and Hydrography (BSH), the Ministries of Energy of the coastal states and three power transmission system operators (TSOs) - 50Hertz, Amprion and TenneT - signed a joint offshore agreement, which raises the offshore wind capacity target in the North Sea and in the Baltic Sea from 15 GW to 20 GW by 2030.
Germany intends to reach a 65% share of renewable energies in electricity consumption by 2030. As of May 2020, Germany's wind capacity reaches 61 GW and solar 49 GW, accounting respectively for 27% and 22% of the total.
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