Germany Says New Highways Must Save Space for Renewables

  • Ruling coalition’s late-night deal includes pledge on autobahn
  • Solar panels, wind mills to be built alongside new sections
Wind turbines along a highway near Klockow, Germany.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Germany’s ruling coalition wants to make it mandatory to create space for wind mills and solar panels alongside any newly-built sections of the country’s famed autobahn.

“Not a single kilometer of highway should be planned without exhausting the possibilities for generating renewable energy,” the three-party alliance said in a late-night agreement that touched on a range of climate protection and infrastructure measures.