Overview

• Reiche said the Energiewende must link renewable capacity growth with cost efficiency instead of focusing solely on build-out
• She proposed that renewable operators share in financing grid expansion to reduce the €30 billion burden currently placed on public budgets
• Delayed transmission build-out has led to repeated curtailment of renewable output and expensive countermeasures against network bottlenecks
• Reiche said electricity consumption forecasts will be re-evaluated amid doubts over projections of 750 TWh by 2030 and 1 000 TWh by 2035
• The minister reaffirmed Germany’s goal of climate neutrality by 2045 and cautioned that the targets remain very ambitious