Overview

• An official monitoring report on the energy transition commissioned from BET and the EWI institute is due to reach the economics ministry by the end of the week.
• Minister Katherina Reiche frames a policy shift around cost efficiency and supply security, urging renewable build‑out to track existing or planned grids as operators project high expansion costs through 2045.
• The ministry told protesting installer Enerix the review is at a very early stage and stressed that renewable energy remains essential to decarbonization.
• Green politician Michael Kellner warns against weakening renewable targets, and SPD figures question whether the review’s remit aligns with the coalition agreement.
• Utility chiefs at RWE and E.ON back ending feed‑in support for private PV as unnecessary, while Reiche also cites plans for roughly 20 gigawatts of flexible gas capacity and is discussing approvals with the European Commission.