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Table 2 Policy targets, status of implementation and necessary expansion of onshore-wind energy by 2050 on different planning levels in Germany

From: How to achieve the climate targets? Spatial planning in the context of the German energy transition

Level

Policy target for the expansion of wind energy by 2050 (installed cap.)

Status of implementation in 2018 (installed cap.)

Necessary expansion according to EE100 (installed cap.)

Nation

137 GW1

50 GW2

240 GW5

Lower Saxony (federal state)

20 GW3

11 GW3

81 GW5

Hannover Region (region)

1.15 GW4

342 MW4

4.5 GW5

  1. 1German Renewable Energy Sources Act 2017 (EEG)
  2. 2BMWi Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (Hg) [25]
  3. 3Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Bauen und Klimaschutz (ed) [12]
  4. 4Klimaschutzagentur Region Hannover (ed) [37]
  5. 5Walter et al. [7]
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Energy, Sustainability and Society

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