We know Germany is having a crisis in onshore wind relating to permitting which has in turn undermined wind auctions and there is now a 10 GW permitting backlog. The average time to get a wind farm permit has roughly doubled, and is now to up to 300 days, according to the German wind energy association Bundesverband WindEnergie and many projects face lawsuits by environmental groups and local citizen movements. Creating more auctions is not the answer, and most observers expect law changes to the permit process. Portugal’s government plans another solar auction planned for January despite obvious difficulties with its last auction. This one will be 700 MW, despite next month’s auction being scaled back from 1.75 GW to…