What do the parties in Bavaria say on climate and energy?

The AfD wants to scrap the CO2 levy, lower energy and electricity taxes and permanently reduce the sales tax on energy to 7 percent. Prices for electricity, heat and fuel should follow the world market. The platform cites the burden on households and the competitiveness of industry.

The AfD wants to make energy cheaper. The CO2 levy should go. That is an extra charge on gasoline, oil and gas. Taxes on electricity and energy should go down. The sales tax on energy should be only 7 percent.

The AfD rejects a ban on wood stoves and wants to support all decentralized energy supply by households and businesses. Energy generated for one's own use should be free of levies. The party favors energy from renewable raw materials, but without state subsidies.

The AfD does not want to ban wood stoves. Everyone should choose how to get energy. People who make power or heat for themselves should pay no charges on it. The AfD likes energy from wood and plants. But the state should not pay for it.

The AfD wants to restart existing nuclear power plants in Bavaria and have new ones built. This is meant to give industry and citizens low-priced electricity. Bavaria should also take part in research on new nuclear technology.

The AfD wants to switch nuclear plants in Bavaria back on. It also wants new nuclear plants. This should make power cheaper. Bavaria should do research on new nuclear technology. It should be possible to take nuclear waste back out later.

The AfD wants to end subsidies for new installations under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and slow the expansion of wind and solar power in Bavaria. The 10H distance rule for wind turbines is to stay. In the party's view, the climate cannot be influenced from Germany or Bavaria.

The AfD wants to stop subsidies for new wind and solar plants. Old contracts should stay valid. Wind turbines should stand far from homes. There should be no such plants in forests. The AfD does not think Germany can change the climate.

The AfD wants to invest in flood protection, sewer networks and drinking water reserves rather than build more wind turbines. In the program's view, adapting to natural climate change costs less than a climate policy the party considers useless and expensive.

The AfD wants to protect Bavaria better against floods. It also wants to find new supplies of drinking water. This matters more to the party than new wind turbines. The AfD thinks current climate policy is costly and useless.

The AfD wants cheap electricity and a secure supply to rank above all CO2 reduction targets. It opposes shutting down baseload power plants in favor of wind and solar, arguing that this raises the risk of large blackouts.

The AfD wants cheap and reliable electricity. This matters more to it than cutting CO2. It does not want to shut down large power plants. It says wind and sun do not deliver power reliably.

The AfD wants to use deep geothermal energy in southern Bavaria primarily for local and district heating. Electricity from geothermal heat should be generated only where heat is also needed, because the party considers this form of power generation too inefficient.

Deep in the ground it is hot. This heat can warm homes. The AfD wants to support that, also in rural areas. It wants to allow power from this heat only where the heat is used too.

The AfD opposes clearing forest to build wind turbines and calls wind energy as a whole a wrong path. It cites the protection of birds of prey, bats and insects as well as the appearance of the landscape.

The AfD is against wind turbines in forests. Nobody should cut down trees for wind turbines. The AfD says wind turbines kill birds, bats and insects. It also says they make the landscape ugly.

The AfD rejects any obligation to insulate or carry out energy retrofits as well as bans on gas and oil heating. Energy requirements for new buildings are to be cut to a minimum. In the party's view, such obligations would push many owners into debt and raise rents.

The AfD wants no duty to insulate homes. It also wants no ban on gas and oil heating. The party says many home owners would otherwise go into debt. Rents would also go up.

The CSU wants to double electricity from renewable sources in Bavaria by 2030, triple solar power and build 1,000 new wind turbines. Hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal energy, storage and grids would also be expanded. The goal is a power mix that provides baseload, is affordable and is climate-neutral.

The CSU wants much more power from sun, wind and water. By 2030 there should be twice as much. Bavaria should get 1,000 new wind turbines. Power storage and power lines should grow too. This should keep power safe and affordable.

The CSU wants to make Bavaria the leading hydrogen location and invest 700 million euros to that end. Existing gas networks would be kept and later used for hydrogen. To secure the power supply, it also relies on gas-fired plants and a strategic gas reserve.

The CSU wants Bavaria to use a lot of hydrogen. Hydrogen is a gas that provides energy. A new pipeline should bring it from the Adriatic Sea to Bavaria. Bavaria's gas pipes should stay. Later, hydrogen should flow through them.

The CSU wants to keep Bavaria's nuclear power plants running as a bridge technology, if necessary under state authority. It justifies this with the need for affordable, reliable and CO2-free electricity. Bavaria is also to become a leader in nuclear technology and nuclear fusion.

The CSU wants to keep using the nuclear plants in Bavaria. If needed, Bavaria should be in charge itself. The CSU says nuclear power is reliable and has no CO2. Bavaria should also do research on new nuclear technology.

The CSU wants Bavaria to become climate neutral by 2040 and rejects an earlier target year such as 2035. Climate protection is to succeed through openness to all technologies and investment rather than bans. Protesters who break the law when gluing themselves to roads are to be punished consistently.

Bavaria should be climate neutral by 2040. The goal should not come earlier. The CSU wants climate protection without bans. People who glue themselves to roads and break laws should be punished hard.

The CSU rejects the federal government's heating and renovation plans, arguing they would make housing and home ownership unaffordable for average earners. It favors subsidies and incentives over bans and wants to keep all heating types available.

The federal government plans new rules for heating systems. The CSU is against them. It says the rules make housing too costly. The CSU would rather help with money. Heating with wood and pellets should stay allowed.

The Free Voters want to expand renewable energy, storage and the hydrogen economy in Bavaria and abolish the 10-H distance rule for wind turbines. The platform sees great potential for local value creation in the gradual shift from fossil fuels to renewables.

The Free Voters want more power from wind, sun, water and biogas. The strict distance rule for wind turbines should go. Bavaria should produce a lot of hydrogen. It should become easier to store electricity.

The Free Voters want to use nuclear and fossil-fuel power plants for as long as a secure supply requires. Energy prices are to stay low through a slight oversupply and a reform of electricity pricing.

The Free Voters want to keep nuclear plants and coal or gas plants for now. They should run as long as they are needed. Power and heat should stay affordable. Private wood stoves should not face a CO2 tax.

The Greens want Bavaria to be climate-neutral by 2035. A new climate law with a legally binding CO2 budget aligned with the Paris climate goals is meant to ensure this.

The Greens want Bavaria to be climate-neutral by 2035. Climate-neutral means the state no longer harms the climate. A new climate law should make this happen. The law sets how much CO2 Bavaria may still emit.

The Greens want to strengthen citizen energy projects, regional energy cooperatives and municipally owned utilities. This is meant to let people in Bavaria invest in the energy transition. They also plan a training and upskilling drive for skilled workers.

The Greens want to support energy projects run by citizens. Utilities owned by cities and towns should also get stronger. People should be able to put their savings into clean energy. More skilled workers should be trained for the energy transition.

The Greens want to increase wind power generation in Bavaria sixfold to 30 billion kilowatt-hours by 2030. To get there, two percent of the land in every region would be designated for wind power by the end of 2024, and procedures and grid expansion would be sped up.

The Greens want much more electricity from wind. By 2030 there should be six times as much as now. Every region should set aside land for wind turbines. Permits should come faster. The power grid should also grow faster.

The Greens want to quadruple solar power generation to 60 billion kilowatt-hours by 2030, primarily on rooftops. A solar requirement would apply to new buildings of all kinds and to major roof renovations.

The Greens want four times as much solar power by 2030. The panels should mainly go on roofs. New buildings should have to have solar panels. This should also apply when someone renovates most of a roof.

The Greens want to expand electricity storage so that solar and wind power is also available at night and when the wind is calm. Climate-friendly backup power plants would provide additional security of supply.

Power from sun and wind is not always there. So the Greens want to build more storage. This includes large batteries in the power grid. Climate-friendly power plants should serve as a reserve.

The Greens reject any return to nuclear power. They commit to handling interim storage sites responsibly and to the search for a final repository.

The Greens do not want nuclear power anymore. Nuclear plants should not go back online. Nuclear waste should be stored safely. The search for a permanent storage site should continue.

The Greens want a Bavarian heat law so that all buildings are heated in a climate-neutral way by 2040. Municipalities would draw up heat plans, and funding programs would make renovations affordable for renters and owners. Heat pumps and heating networks would carry the supply.

The Greens want a heat law for Bavaria. By 2040 all buildings should be heated without harming the climate. Every town should make a heat plan. The state should give money to renovate homes. Heat pumps and heating networks should do the heating.

The Greens want to make energy saving a lasting habit. Public buildings would be checked for savings through an eco-audit, and low-income households would get help buying efficient appliances.

The Greens want Bavaria to save energy. Government offices should check where they can save energy. Citizens should get regular tips on saving. People with little money should get help to buy efficient appliances.

The Greens want to buy back the hydropower plants on the Danube, Isar, Lech and Main from Uniper. They would become part of a new public energy company called Bayern-Energie that invests in renewable plants.

The Greens want to buy back hydropower plants. Today the plants belong to the company Uniper. Bavaria should also found its own energy company. This company should build plants for clean energy.

The Greens want to make adapting to heat and flash floods a mandatory task for municipalities. To that end, municipalities are to receive at least one billion euros over five years through funding programs.

Heat and heavy rain are a danger. The Greens want towns to prepare for this. It should become a duty. Bavaria should give towns money and advice for it. The plan is at least one billion euros over five years.

The Greens want to upgrade ground-mounted solar installations ecologically so that additional biotopes emerge there. Participating solar parks are to receive a one-time payment in return.

Solar plants often stand on meadows and fields. The Greens want more plants and animals there. The operators should get money for this once. This way solar power and nature protection should fit together.

The Greens want to involve agriculture more closely in climate protection. By 2030, 40 percent of drained peatlands are to be rewetted, livestock numbers reduced by 20 percent and mineral fertilizer use cut by 20 percent.

The Greens want farmers to help protect the climate. Dry peatlands should become wet again. By 2030 there should be 20 percent fewer farm animals. In return, the animals should have more space. Farmers should use less artificial fertilizer.

The Greens want to make solar installations mandatory for new buildings and when roofs are replaced. Compliance with energy rules for buildings would have to be documented and checked. Families with low and middle incomes would receive a renovation bonus.

The Greens want a rule that requires solar panels. It applies to new buildings and to new roofs. The state should check whether buildings follow the energy rules. Families with little money get help with renovating.

The Greens want to retrofit all 4,800 Bavarian schools for energy efficiency and fit them with solar panels. In the platform's view, schools should be models of sustainability and climate protection; environmental education would get more money and time.

The Greens want to renovate all 4,800 schools in Bavaria. The schools should then use less energy. Solar panels should go on the roofs. Children should learn more about the environment and climate at school.

The Greens want to develop plans against heat stress together with municipalities and counties. They argue that heat waves are becoming more frequent because of the climate crisis and especially endanger small children, people with pre-existing conditions and older people.

The Greens want plans against extreme heat. Every town should have such a plan. Heat is dangerous for small children, sick people and old people. More green on buildings and less concrete should help.

The Greens want to expand wind and solar power quickly and thereby keep electricity prices low in the long run. Municipalities would fit their roofs with solar panels, and residents would get support for their own systems and for energy cooperatives. A Bavarian hardship fund is meant to help groups hit especially hard.

The Greens want much more power from wind and sun. That should keep power cheap for a long time. Towns should put solar panels on their roofs. People should get help with their own solar panels. People with big money worries should get money from a relief fund.

The Greens want people and municipalities near wind turbines and solar parks to benefit financially. Operators are to get incentives to offer cheaper electricity rates, and municipalities are to receive an additional bonus for renewable energy produced on their territory.

Wind turbines and solar parks often stand in rural areas. The Greens want people nearby to benefit. They should get cheaper electricity. Towns should also get extra money. They could use it to pay for a swimming pool, for example.

The Greens want to establish a regional energy agency in every county and independent city. It is meant to be an easily accessible local contact point for the energy transition, since the platform says many strands come together at the municipal level.

The Greens want energy agencies all over Bavaria. These are offices that give advice on energy. Every county and every big city should have one. They help with solar panels and funding forms, for example.

The SPD wants all of Bavaria's electricity to come from renewable sources by 2035 at the latest and aims for a climate-neutral Bavaria by then. Climate protection would become a mandatory task for municipalities so that they gain legal certainty and a financial basis.

The SPD wants Bavaria to use only clean power from 2035. The power should come from wind, sun, and water. Climate protection should become a fixed duty for towns and cities. They should get money and clear rules for it.

The SPD wants to return the generation and distribution of electricity, gas, and heat to state or municipal ownership as far as possible. It cites the Bavarian hydropower plants of the Uniper group as an example. In the program's view, energy supply must not be left to private shareholders' pursuit of profit.

The SPD wants energy to belong to the state or to towns again. This covers power plants and grids. For example, Bavaria should take over Uniper's hydropower plants. The state should also help shape prices.

The SPD wants to abolish Bavaria's 10-H distance rule for wind turbines and speed up permits considerably. It aims to set aside two percent of Bavaria's land area for wind power. Operators would be required to give municipalities and citizens a stake in their turbines.

The SPD wants more wind turbines in Bavaria. It wants to scrap the 10-H rule. This rule requires a large distance between turbines and homes. Permits should be faster. Towns and citizens should share in the earnings from wind turbines.

The SPD wants to introduce a solar panel requirement for all new buildings and conversions, both commercial and private. In addition, solar installations on other surfaces would be subsidized and made possible on listed historic buildings.

The SPD wants a solar mandate. Anyone who builds or converts a building must then install solar panels. This applies to businesses and private homes. Bavaria should also support solar panels over parking lots and on lakes.

The SPD wants to speed up the expansion of power lines, distribution grids, and large energy storage facilities. A Bavarian heat strategy would advance heating networks, waste heat, and geothermal energy. Hydrogen production, especially for industry, would also be supported.

The SPD wants to build new power lines faster. This should bring wind power from the north to Bavaria. Bavaria should build large energy storage sites. More heat should come from the ground. This is called geothermal energy. Hydrogen for industry should also get support.