Renewable Energy Tariffs in Germany

The articles listed below are in English. However, this site contains a number of technical papers and reports in German. For these documents follow the link below auf Deutsch.

• German Renewable Energy Tariffs auf Deutsch
• Policy Overview & History
• German Ministry for the Environment (BMU)
• Renewable Energy Association (BEE)
• Wind Association (BWE)
• Solar Association (BSW)

Documents in English

• The Missing Piece in Climate Policy: Renewable Heat and Cooling in Germany and the U.S. (2008) (Note pages 47-52 on the use of the "Bonus Model" or feed-in tariffs)
• Solar Energy Study Tour to Germany and German Feed-in Tariff Policy: EcoMotion Network News Vol 11, Issue 8:
• Josef Pesch's Brief Review of Germany's Renewable Policy 2008
• Reuters: Cloudy Germany unlikely hotspot for solar power
• Germany Upholds Groundbreaking Renewable Energy Law
• German Renewable Employment Reaches 214,000 in 2006
• Europe Has Found a Way to Make Solar Pay by Jeffrey Michel
• German Solar PV for free Says Walter Fischer
• Germany Installed 1,150 MW of Photovoltaics in 2006 Says Magazine
• German Feed Laws Power Nation to New Renewable Record in 2006
• Staggering Solar PV Growth in Germany in 2005
• Photon Magazine's Model Solar Photovoltaics Contract under Germany's EEG
• Summary of Feed-in systems in Germany and Spain--A Comparison by the Energy Economics Group of the Fraunhofer Institute
• Full Report of Feed-In Systems in Germany and Spain--A Comparison by the Energy Economics Group of the Fraunhofer Institute
• Feed-In Systems in Germany, Spain and Slovenia--A Comparison by the Energy Economics Group of the Fraunhofer Institute (2007)
• German Renewables Near 10% of Supply
• Current experience with supporting wind power in European electricity markets by ISET, Kassel (pdf)
• The Economic Value of Predictability, by Jörg Böttcher, Landesbank Kiel (ppt)
• The Economic Value of Predictability or How France could become Europe's No. 1 Wind Country by Jörg Böttcher, Landesbank Kiel (doc)

Policy Overview & History

• Three decades of renewable electricity policy in Germany by Volkmar Lauber (doc)
• German Renewable Tariffs Overview by Wilson Rickerson
• React's German Renewable Energy Sources Act Case Study (Overview)

German Ministry for the Environment (BMU)

• The Development of Renewable Energy in Germany 2007: Stats
• EEG--The Renewable Energy Sources Act: The Success Story of Sustainable Polices for Germany BMU (July 2007)
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) Progress Report 2007 BMU
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) Progress Report 2007 (Background Information)
• The financial impact of the development of electricity generation from renewable energies up to 2020 BMU (2007)
• What Electricity from Renewable Energies Cost BMU Abridged Version (2007)
• Effect of increased use of renewable energies on the German labour market BMU (2006)
• Evaluation of Different Feed-in Tariff Design Options and Best Practices by Germany's BMU (2007)
• What Electricity Costs from Renewable Energy in Germany 2006
• Renewable Energy Sources Act Financial Impact 2006-2020 (2007)
• Ecologically Optimized Extension of Renewable Energy Utilization in Germany
BMU (2004)
• Summary of Main Elements of German Renewable Energy Sources Act (2004)
• The Way Forward: Renewable Energy in Germany by Dr. Martin Schöpe (ppt)
• Workshop on Renewable Energy Tariff Cooperation between Spain & Germany
BMU (2005)
• The German Renewable Energy Sources Act Objectives, Design & Achievements by Volker Oschmann, BMU
• German Energy Agency (Dena) on Renewable Energy Sources Act by Corinna Kleismann and Markus Kurdziel
(2005)
• The Experience of Germany with Photovoltaic Incentives by Christof Stein, BMFU
(2004)
• REnewable Energy: The Way Forward
BMU (2004)
• Renewable energy sources in figures: national and international development
BMU (2004)
• The Original Electricity Feed Law
(Stromeinspeisungsgesetz) December 1990
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (2000) in English
(The Act on Granting Priority to Renewable Energy Sources)
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (2004) in English)
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (2004) in English, Final, 21 July 2004 (pdf)
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (2004) in Spanish
• Renewable Energy Sources Act (2004) in French
• Burden on electricity intensive industry by the EEG 2003
• Report on the status of the market introduction and the cost of development for the production of electricity from renewable sources 2002
• Comparison of the external costs of electricity production in reference to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)
by Olav Hohmeyer (2001)

Renewable Energy Association (BEE)

• Supporting Renewable Electricity in the Market – Which are the best support schemes for RES electricity applied in Europe? BEE, text
• How the German EEG System Works
• Supporting Renewable Electricity in the Market – Which are the best support schemes for RES electricity applied in Europe? BEE, (pdf), presentation
• The German Market Promotion Initiatives for Renewable Energy, Johannes Lackmann, BEE (pdf)

Wind Association (BWE)

• Minimum price systems compared with British and Italian Quota Model, BWE
• Bundesverband WindEnergie's Model Wind Contract under Germany's EEG

Solar Association (BSW)

• Support Systems and Their Influence on PV Markets by Gerhard Stryi-Hipp and Thomas Chrometzka Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW)
• The Effect of the EEG on Photovoltaic Development in Germany by Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, German Solar Industry Association/Bundesverband Solarindustie (BSi) (doc)
• Experience with the German Performance-Based Incentive Program by Gerhard Stryi-Hipp

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