BSW on climate and energy

The BSW wants the federal government to negotiate with Russia about gas deliveries through the remaining intact Nord Stream line. Energy imports should again be based on long-term contracts awarded according to the lowest price.

The BSW wants to buy gas from Russia again. The government should talk to Russia about this. The gas should come through the Nord Stream pipeline. Germany should buy energy where it is cheapest.

The program calls for talks with Russia so that natural gas can again flow through the undamaged line of the Baltic Sea pipeline. The federal government should also work toward repairing the destroyed lines. For energy imports in general, the BSW wants long-term supply contracts. The lowest price should be the deciding criterion.

The BSW wants to repeal the heating law and the ban on new combustion engine cars, and to keep the gas grid. The program cites high costs for homeowners and renters and a lack of affordable alternatives. The party considers the goal of quickly reaching full climate neutrality unrealistic.

The BSW wants to scrap the heating law. The ban on new gas and diesel cars should also go. The gas pipes should stay. The party says these rules cost people too much.

The program calls for abandoning the idea that full climate neutrality can be reached quickly. Heat pumps should be subsidized without disadvantaging other heating technologies. The gas grid should not be dismantled because, in the BSW's view, methane will be needed as a backup in the long run, for example during long periods without wind and sun. In transport, the party relies on efficient combustion engines, alternative fuels, affordable electric cars and more research on solid-state batteries. Purchase bonuses for low-priced low-energy vehicles and electric cars are meant to boost sales.

The BSW wants to abolish the carbon price. European emissions trading should either be applied worldwide or ended because, in the program's view, a purely European scheme encourages companies to move production abroad.

The BSW wants to end the carbon price. The carbon price makes gasoline, gas and heating oil cost more. The party says many people have no other choice. Europe's trading of carbon permits should end or apply worldwide.

According to the program, the carbon price makes life more expensive while most people have no alternatives. The BSW sees emissions trading as useful only if applied globally. Otherwise Germany should campaign within the EU to end it, arguing that Europe going it alone does not help the climate and drives away energy-intensive industry. Carbon pricing should be replaced by support for innovation and targeted incentives.

The BSW wants to bring the energy grids under state ownership and pay for their expansion from public funds rather than through electricity prices. Grid fees should fall as far as possible. Storage and reserve power plants should also serve the public interest rather than profit.

The BSW wants the state to own the power grids. The state should pay for building the grids. Then customers should pay less for power. Power storage should not be run for profit either.

The program criticizes that the state guarantees private grid operators returns that have reached seven percent and that grid fees make up about a quarter of the electricity price. It argues the state can borrow more cheaply than private firms and can therefore build grids and new gas-fired reserve plants at lower cost. Smart grids and metering points should also be publicly owned for data protection reasons, with support for municipalities. The BSW rejects the option of capping energy supply. Electrolyzers for hydrogen should be built publicly as well as privately, and research on storage technology should be funded.

The BSW wants to replace old wind turbines with more powerful ones, support solar installations on already built-up areas and expand geothermal energy and district heating. The party rejects new nuclear power plants but wants more research on nuclear fusion. Rather than bans, the program relies on funding and incentives for new technology.

The BSW wants to replace old wind turbines with new ones. Solar panels should go on roofs and parking lots. Heat from the ground should be used more. The party does not want new nuclear plants.

Replacing old wind turbines is meant to produce more power at existing sites without using additional natural land. Solar power should be supported on public buildings, parking lots, barns and factory halls, and energy cooperatives should give citizens and municipalities a stake. The geothermal target for 2030 should rise from 10 to 100 terawatt-hours, waste heat should be used better and support for combined heat and power should continue beyond 2025. Plants for capturing and storing or using CO2 (CCS and CCU) should be supported through special depreciation rules or public loans. Biogas plants should give farmers extra income without competing with food production. The BSW rejects conventional reactors and, for now, small modular reactors, and considers the import targets for green hydrogen unrealistic.