PdF on climate and energy

The PdF wants to make electricity cheaper for companies by cutting the electricity tax to the EU minimum and giving energy-intensive firms a state-supported price. Energy companies would have to disclose their pricing so that relief is passed on.

Electricity is expensive for companies in Germany. The PdF wants to cut the electricity tax sharply. Firms that use a lot of power get a cheap price from the state. Energy companies must show how they set their prices.

The electricity tax would fall from 2.05 cents to 0.1 cents per kilowatt-hour. The industrial power price would be funded by state aid or by reallocating energy levies. If energy companies fail to pass on tax relief, sanctions or legally enforced price changes are planned. Firms that receive relief yet pay dividends well above the ECB interest rate would lose the benefits to the same extent. Price formation in the electricity market would also be reformed, in line with EU-wide approaches.

The PdF wants to better prepare cities and towns for heat, heavy rain and drought. To do so, resilient infrastructure, digital early warning systems and research on water use are to be expanded.

The climate is changing. The PdF wants to better protect cities and villages from heat and floods. Cities should get more green spaces. Warning systems should alert people earlier about bad weather.

The platform mentions green roofs and facades to lower temperatures in cities. Retention basins and water-permeable surfaces are meant to prevent flooding during heavy rain. Digital early warning systems based on weather and water data are to be expanded. Investment in water recycling and new irrigation technology is meant to protect farming during dry periods.

The PdF wants to speed up the expansion of wind and solar power by fast-tracking permits in priority zones. It also calls for heavy investment in power grids and storage, plus funding for solar installations and storage research.

The PdF wants more power from wind and sun. Permits should be faster. The state should put a lot of money into power grids and storage. Solar panels on houses should get money from the state.

According to the platform, lengthy permitting and inadequate grids slow the expansion. Fast-track procedures in defined priority zones are meant to give investors more planning certainty. Solar installations on private buildings and former industrial sites are to be subsidized. Funded research is to advance storage technology, focusing on alternatives to lithium, heat storage, hydrogen and e-fuels. The goal is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

The PdF wants to fund research in Germany on new reactor types and nuclear fusion. It also wants to examine whether nuclear power plants can be operated or brought back online.

The PdF wants to keep researching nuclear power. This includes small new reactors and nuclear fusion. Germany should work with other countries. The PdF wants to check if nuclear plants can run again.

The platform calls for openness to all technologies and points to international progress in nuclear energy. Safe reactor technologies such as small modular reactors and nuclear fusion are to be supported. The PdF relies on cooperation with leading countries. In the party's view, energy policy should be guided by science and international experience.

The PdF wants to support energy storage to balance out fluctuating generation from renewable sources. It also wants more capacity in power lines and lower grid fees.

Power from wind and sun goes up and down. So the PdF wants to support power storage. Power lines should be able to carry more electricity. Fees for using the power grid should go down.

Support would go to large battery parks, pumped-storage plants and newer technologies such as thermal storage, redox flow batteries and flywheel storage. Smart grids are meant to match production and consumption in real time. Power lines would be expanded so that renewable electricity can be transported. Lower grid fees are meant to relieve households and businesses and make using renewable energy more attractive.