Instead, the ministry will be able to “manually” change renumerations for small solar PV by ordinance. A controversial provision that used to automatically reduce solar subsidies the more capacity additions boomed will be abolished. It will become easier for municipalities to benefit financially from onshore wind and ground-mounted solar PV installations. Other changes include exceptions from the tendering process for citizen-run renewable projects and increased payments to small solar rooftop installations.
With this, a minimum payment is guaranteed per kilowatt-hour to an installation, but if the operator can sell their electricity at higher prices then they must refund their income above the minimum revenue. But for ground mounted solar PV and some offshore wind installations, the ministry proposes gradually entering into a “contracts for difference” (CfD) scheme. Government auctions that reward the lowest bid by giving them a guaranteed feed-in payment will remain in place. With these changes, “Germany is thus consistently aligning the expansion of renewable energies with the 1.5☌ climate protection path”, says the ministry paper. The proposal is part of the government’s climate emergency programme (easter package) which was announced in January. Tender volumes under the EEG will have to be adjusted to reflect the higher target capacities.
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The Renewable Energy Act ( EEG), which until now aimed for full renewable supply “before 2050,” will be amended to reach up to 110 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind capacity by 2030 (more than double the amount running at present), 30 GW of offshore wind (almost four times more than today) and 200 GW of solar PV capacity, also almost four times more than currently exists. The plans – seen by Clean Energy Wire – will be voted on by ministries as of this week and are scheduled to be decided by the government cabinet on 9 March before proceeding through the parliamentary process. Īmid Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine and the energy supply repercussions it has for Germany and the rest of Europe, the climate and energy ministry in Berlin will propose a faster expansion of renewable energy capacity, in order to reach a near 100 percent renewable power supply by 2035.
In a reaction to the possible reduction or stop of Russian gas deliveries to Germany, minister Robert Habeck said that there would be no taboos when looking into supply security, but that using imported coal for longer or letting existing nuclear plants remain online were unlikely to be feasible solutions. The ministry’s plans were well-received due to their potential for ridding the country of its dependency on imported fossil fuels and for accelerating the decarbonisation of all sectors, but questions were also raised as to how the government will actually put all the extra gigawatts of renewables capacity on the ground. In a novelty move, the ministry will legally oblige power suppliers to reduce bills for consumers after the levy for renewables on the power price is scrapped in July 2022. In a draft paper seen by Clean Energy Wire, the economy and climate ministry proposes higher renewable capacity targets for 2030, aligning the German clean energy path with the 1.5☌ warming limit. Germany’s government has initiated the first steps of a wide-ranging renewables reform that should make the country’s power supply almost 100 percent renewable by 2035.
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