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The environmental authority in Hamburg, in cooperation with Caritas, has announced a new promotion program for balcony power plants. This initiative, aimed at helping low-income households save energy costs, is a significant step towards combining social justice with climate protection and energy efficiency.

Environment Senator Katharina Fegebank (Greens) announced the plan, which will cover up to 90 percent of the costs for a photovoltaic module. The CDU's environmental spokesman, Sandro Kappe, praised the new promotion program as an important signal that climate protection and social justice can go hand in hand.

The CDU's promotion program is part of a larger initiative that has a budget of around 580,000 Euros until the end of July 2027. The CDU claims that for many families, several hundred Euros are simply not available for the acquisition of balcony power plants, contradicting the previous argument that balcony power plants are not expensive.

Eligibility for this support includes recipients of unemployment benefit, social assistance, basic security, housing allowance, or BAföG. Energy-saving advisors from Caritas will visit applicants to clarify structural conditions.

The promotion could help households save up to 500 Euros of the total costs for a balcony power plant. The CDU faction welcomed the promotion but claimed the project as their own, reminding that a corresponding application from the CDU two years ago was rejected.

Low-income households in Hamburg can apply for support in acquiring balcony power plants from October. The CDU's promotion program is being carried out in Hamburg by the environmental authority and Caritas.

It's worth noting that the search results do not provide information about who initially proposed the Balcony Power Plants program for low-income households in Hamburg. However, Kappe claimed that the new Environment Senator, Katharina Fegebank, picked up the CDU idea, suggesting that the CDU was right with their proposal.

This promotion is a positive step towards making renewable energy more accessible for all, and it's exciting to see politicians working together to achieve this goal.