In its current form, the WindSeeG neither provides the right incentives for investments in offshore wind projects nor for decarbonizing the industry. We therefore urgently advise taking the focus away from the so-called "bid component" and giving greater consideration to the system benefits of the electricity produced offshore from the outset. The Federal Council also calls for the latter in its statement.

The current WindSeeG amendment now offers the opportunity to think about the system integration of the electricity produced offshore at an early stage. The Federal Government should not let this opportunity pass. We therefore propose that in future the system integration of electricity from offshore wind farms should be stimulated by means of an additional tendering criterion.

The critical phase has begun with the parliamentary procedure. The members of parliament now also decide how attractive Germany is as a business location in an international comparison. We are convinced that there will still be a lot of movement in the coming weeks – things must move in order to get the planned acceleration of offshore expansion off the ground.

"Extrapolated that would mean more than 14 billion euros in additional costs for industry alone by 2045. That's stupid money that is actually urgently needed for the system integration of the electricity produced offshore," explains Thimm.