Overview
- The complaint makes 1Komma5° an official party in the EU state-aid review, preserving the option to pursue litigation.
- Berlin’s scheme would support projects in two stages through construction auctions and a central market paying for standby availability.
- EU approval is reportedly leaning toward roughly 12–12.5 gigawatts instead of the 20 gigawatts sought by Minister Katherina Reiche.
- Initial tenders once targeted for late 2025 are now expected no earlier than spring 2026, according to press reports.
- 1Komma5° argues decentralized flexibility, virtual power plants, and an absicherungspflicht obligation could ensure supply without subsidies or extra consumer levies.