Overview
- The 40‑page CDU/CSU paper, published Wednesday, calls for ending all EEG auctions from 2028 and progressively cutting statutory support so that guaranteed payments for new plants are phased toward zero by 2045.
- Concrete measures in the draft include caps on auction remuneration, limits on support for storage, reducing maximum free‑field solar park size from 50 MW to 20 MW, and a large bioenergy expansion target favored by southern states.
- Energy experts and parts of industry warn the proposal would undermine investment certainty and raise financing costs if grid upgrades, storage capacity and digitalisation are not built first.
- Observers say the document may be a hardline negotiation tactic in coalition talks with Lars Rohwer named as the Union’s lead EEG negotiator and no final policy agreed.
- Coverage splits between outlets that highlight the Union’s bargaining posture and those that stress the climate and human risks of slowing renewables, with commentators noting the draft clashes with other CDU public statements.