Wüst: Check the conditions for the expansion of renewable energy

Created: 03/01/2022 15:18

Hendrik Wüst (CDU), Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, sits on the podium.

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In the opinion of North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU), the legal planning framework must be put to the test for the accelerated expansion of renewable energies.

"One goal is to get faster and further in the expansion of renewable energies as free, independent energy production, and that includes all the planning law framework conditions on this topic on the table," said Wüst on Tuesday in Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf - He spoke in connection with the announcement of a "fundamental change" in NRW's energy supply strategy in order to become independent of Russian energy as quickly as possible.

Short-, medium- and long-term changes have to be taken into account.

"Perhaps it is also a special opportunity for a green federal minister to focus on issues such as species protection and planning acceleration," said Wüst, referring to Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens).

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