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German Government clearly misses all three self-imposed goals associated with auctions

(Deutsch unten/German below) German Government clearly misses all three self-imposed goals associated with auctions Community energy can no longer make the much needed contribution to the success of the energy transition Bonn / Dusseldorf / Berlin, 3 September 2019 - Within the scope of a 2.5-year study, the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and the Renewable Energy Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (LEE NRW) investigated the effects of switching from fixed feed-in tariffs to auctions on the community wind sector, that is wind energy, which is owned and controlled locally by local groups. In addition to an analysis of the legal framework conditions, affected community wind actors were interviewed several times in the years 2017 to 2019. The interviewed experts rated...