Overview

• The SPD/BSW majority in the Brandenburg Landtag asked the state government to press Berlin to bar approvals for turbines outside officially designated wind energy areas.
• Lawmakers also want to examine a North Rhine-Westphalia–style permit stop to funnel new projects onto mapped priority sites and curb what they call uncontrolled expansion.
• Under federal rules, states must reserve at least 2% of their land for onshore wind by 2032, and a new law seeks to prevent construction outside those priority areas, with repowering excluded.
• Renewables associations criticized the move as a threat to legally compliant projects and cautioned that damage claims could follow.
• Brandenburg hosts about 4,100 turbines with 9,200 megawatts installed, the AfD’s separate motion to halt expansion was rejected, and the CDU urged lower grid costs and faster permitting instead.