Bundestag decides to extend deadline for Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS) to 2025

Good news at the end of the year: On Friday, the Bundestag decided to extend the deadline for Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS) of wind turbines. Operators of onshore wind turbines who are obliged to provide night-time marking in accordance with aviation law must equip their turbines with an Aircraft Detection Lighting System. This rule was originally due to apply from January 1, 2024 and has now been postponed by one year.

363 MEPs voted in favor of the regulation, which was originally part of the so-called “Solar Package 1”. However, this is so far only a statement by the Bundesrat on a bill by the federal government to amend the EEG. The package was originally planned to be passed this year, but due to probable delays in the supplementary budget, it is now expected that the next federal budget will not be passed until early 2024.

The German government is thus following the request of the German Wind Energy Association, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries and the German Engineering Federation. in a joint letter to the Committee for Climate Protection and Energy at the end of November to quickly bring about legal certainty for the extension of the ADLS deadline.

The deadline extension thus protects operators who have concluded ADLS contracts in good time and now do not have to fear any penalties.

You can also find the full text of the law at this link (German only).

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