What should bring the new EEG law – tagesschau.de

The federal cabinet the reform of the Renewable Energies Act (EEG) has decided. Thus, the guaranteed prices for the current collection of new facilities are to be lost. answers the most important questions.

From Martin Mair, ARD studio

What has changed with the promotion of eco-power plants?

way of the watering can – towards targeted expansion. That’s the motto of the reform. Until now get green energy provider a guaranteed price. The idea was to boost the market. Because it worked sufficiently, according to Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, now comes another funding model: New projects for eco-power plants are advertised – the contract gets who demands the least subsidy. And there shall be an annual maximum quantity of wind energy, solar panels or biomass power plants

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Why the new funding model

There are two reasons. Firstly, the EU has raised concerns about whether the current subsidy model is lawful. Secondly, the government wants to curb the rise in costs. Last year alone, electricity customers have paid nearly 25 billion euros for the EEG apportionment. The new funding model with tenders is cheaper, according to calculations of the Government, but should at the same time the own objectives have in view. They are ambitious. In almost ten years, nearly half of the electricity to be green.

Are all eco-types equally affected?

No. Wind turbines are relatively heavily subsidized. For onshore wind farms about to be held annually in 2800 megawatts per year – that’s about 1,000 wind turbines. And also offshore installations at sea are subsidized comparatively generous. By contrast, the promotion of biogas plants is comparatively low. They are ever included only in the new plans, because the Bayern desperately wanted. The compromise under pressure from the CSU was one with whom one could live, says the Ministry of Economics. Gabriel wants to promote as little biogas. The technique is considered inefficient in the green electricity generation.

I pay Does my solar panels on the roof in the future alone?

No, because there are exceptions for small plants. Around those that you want can be constructed in one’s own house. They continue to receive subsidies. Other large plants from 750 kilowatts, however, are enlarged to cover the new funding model – but that only applies to the operator of larger solar farms in open spaces

Where it hooks currently in the energy revolution the most.?

In particular, the network expansion makes problems. The electricity highways will not soon completed as planned. The main reason is that federal and state governments are planning to move many lines underground so there are fewer protests. Again did pressure for months, blocking the expansion of especially the CSU. Underground cables are likely to actually cause less criticism – but you embarrassed to take longer and is especially expensive. To put pressure on the operators, the expansion of wind energy is to be throttled locally if the network expansion is lagging. This applies especially to Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse and Lower Saxony

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