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July 8, 2026
MUNICH Bavarias Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger welcomes todays recommendations from the Economic and Energy Committee of the German Bundestag on wood energy in the Building Modernization Act (GModG).
Aiwanger: We have campaigned vigorously for practical improvements in wood energy and against over-fulfillment of the EU requirements in the new heating law. It is becoming apparent that this effort is paying off. Wood energy is an indispensable building block for the success of the heating transition.
The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs had contacted several federal ministries with concrete suggestions for the practical use of wood energy. Bavaria also submitted a corresponding proposal to the Federal Council. Todays recommendations from the committee largely address these demands and pave the way for their inclusion in law.
Aiwanger: Unpractical sustainability requirements and unfulfillable specifications for cascade use are hopefully finally off the table. Together with the state wood energy initiative initiated by Bavaria, we have succeeded in achieving important progress for citizens, municipalities and the local forestry and wood industry.
The Economic and Energy Committee today spoke out in favor of a practical design of the sustainability requirements for biomass heating systems. The draft law should be adjusted accordingly. In the future, the requirements of the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance - as provided for in European law - will only apply to systems with a thermal output of more than 7.5 megawatts for solid biomass or more than two megawatts for gaseous biomass.
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