Ms Marie Donnelly:

On inland wind, I note that there are a great many wind turbines in Germany and there has been resistance there to onshore wind. The Deputy is right about that. That is why Germany is investing in offshore energy. The difficulty for Germany is as follows: while Schleswig-Holstein has a 100% renewable supply of electricity and exports to the other landers, it is draws electricity from the North Sea whereas a huge centre of demand is in Bavaria in the south. The question is how to get that energy to the south. Germany is planning two spines of HVDC pylon links to bring the electricity down to the south. The consultation process with citizens there has been hugely complicated. There is resistance to doing this and they have gone through a great many hours of consultation with all the participants and citizens on the routes to put this process in place and get the energy from the north of Germany to the south where it is needed.