Renewable energies alone are not enough

Wind power is a good thing. Yet the new dynamism in Berlin and Munich ignores one thing: Where does controllable energy come from if coal, nuclear, and Russian gas are all lost?

DrThe wind is changing, especially in Bavaria. For years, the expansion of wind power has made no progress because strict distance rules apply there. This is now changing. On the one hand, the state government adjusts the course on its own initiative, and on the other hand, the federal government intervenes.

In theory, countries can continue to do whatever they want, but in practice this will not be possible soon, because they have to provide a certain percentage of their land for new wind farms. This is a classic political compromise, which also includes the fact that space requirements for Bavaria and other former brake workers remain modest to start with.

Munich understands that wind power makes you less dependent on energy imports – and that could be a location advantage, see Tesla and Intel in East Germany. However, the new movement in Berlin and Munich ignores one thing: Where is controllable energy supposed to come from when coal, nuclear, and Russian gas are not equally available? Simply relying on renewable energy sources is misleading.