Bee summer festival 2024: Politician Robert Habeck and Stephan Weil on energy transition symposium
Bee summer festival 2024: Politician Robert Habeck and Stephan Weil on energy transition symposium
Today, around 1,500 guests from the modern energy industry, politics, business and associations meet at the BEE summer festival. The speakers include Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Robert Habeck and Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil. In a relaxed atmosphere, the BEE summer festival again offers a platform for the exchange between the actors of the modern energy industry.
In his speech,Robert Habeck emphasizes Germany's progress at the energy transition. More than half of the electricity already comes from renewable energies and there are relevant steps in the expansion of wind energy, solar energy and network expansion. In order to continue to be successful, further acceleration laws are to be issued, for example to simplify the use of geothermal energy and green hydrogen. In addition, the structure of a hydrogen transport network in Germany is promoted in order to create long-term planning security for investing in the hydrogen infrastructure.
The Prime Minister of Lower Saxony also praises the progress in the expansion of renewable energies and network expansion in Germany. Lower Saxony, as a leading energy country, has made a new and binding regulation for the financial participation of location municipalities in the expansion of renewable energies. This is intended to further drive the expansion in the region. Because also requires better conditions at the federal level in order to be able to use or store renewable energies. In his view
Simone Peter, President of the Federal Association of Renewable Energy, emphasizes that the energy transition has resumed speed. A significant progress can be seen through bindingly raised expansion paths and initial steps in the case of de -bureaucratization and procedural simplification. In addition to the legislative period, legislation guarantees investment security. Photovoltaics and wind energy on land achieve records in the expansion and permits, but there is still a need to catch up in some federal states. The heat transition has also been initiated, but permanently reliable conditions are indispensable for households and municipalities. However, the turnover of traffic lags behind and needs more support. The increasing faults on the electricity market and the increasing number of negative hours require urgent reforms. A more efficient network connection, the expansion of storage and consumer flexibility focus on the focus. In addition, increased generation of green hydrogen will be necessary.
Overall, the press release shows that the modern energy industry in Germany is on the right track and that political measures are taken to further advance the energy transition.
Table: Development of the expansion of renewable energies and the network expansion in Germany
| Year | Share of renewable energies in the electricity mix in Germany (in %) | Network expansion (in kilometers) |
| —————————————————————— |---———————- |
| 2020 | 46.3 | 10.015 |
| 2021 | 53.6 | 10.888 |
| 2022 | 57.2 | 11.325 |
| 2023 | 61.1 | 12.045 |
| 2024 | 65.0 (forecast) | 12.789 |
historical facts:
- In 2011, the Federal Government decided to exit nuclear power until 2022.
-In 2014, the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) was reformed to further advance the expansion of renewable energies.
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