Expansion of Renewable Energies: DVF Welcomes Easter Package

The managing director of the German Transport Forum (DVF), Heike van Hoorn, gave a positive statement on April 6 regarding the so-called Easter package of the federal government. The principle of "priority for renewable energies" is one hundred percent welcomed, said van Hoorn. The transport sector needs green electricity, hydrogen, and e-fuels, otherwise the climate transformation of our mobility cannot succeed.

"The pace of expanding the charging infrastructure, networks, and connections must be massively increased," demanded the DVF managing director. "Planning acceleration must also apply to transport infrastructure, railways, public transport, waterways, cycle paths, and others."

Under these conditions, part of the emission reduction could also be achieved through traffic shifting.

The following principles and measures planned by the federal government are positively evaluated by the DVF:

• The use of renewable energies is of paramount public interest
• The electricity supply in Germany should be almost entirely based on renewable energies by 2035. Doubling of the expansion target. Increase in offshore wind energy targets. Increase in tender volumes.
• Abolition of the EEG levy. Electricity in transport must be relieved of regulatory costs.