![]() Onshore wind energy as the most cost-efficient of the green energies in Germany should not be capped, the BWE says. Growth corridors and floating caps: The BWE says growth corridors are not the right tool for promoting a targeted and sustainable development of onshore wind energy. It supports feed-in tariffs, which it hails as the key to the rise of renewables in electricity production. The BWE wants the Energiewende to continue and wind power to expand. German Wind Energy Association (Bundesverband Windenergie – BWE) Furthermore, only companies that improve energy efficiency and are prepared to adapt energy consumption to the requirements of the national grid, should be granted reliefs, the BEE argues. All companies should pay at least a levy of currently 1 cent per kilowatt-hour as this is the amount they save because of very low prices on the electricity exchange (Merit-Order effect) thanks to renewables. Industry reliefs: The BEE advocates that only businesses and industries that face international competition should be allowed an exemption from the EEG-surcharge. If the EEG-surcharge is imposed on self-suppliers of RE, there should at least be an exemption for small facilities. The group considers it the wrong signal in general to hinder renewable production for own or nearby use. Self-supply: Obliging renewable energy facilities to pay the EEG-surcharge does jeopardise the incentive to invest in renewables, according to the BEE. It is moreover not clear, how the experience from ground-mounted solar can be used to design the auction process for wind energy with its different conditions, the BEE argues. The BEE criticises that the new EEG already stipulates that reverse auctions are going to be used from 2017 onwards but does not specify how lessons learned from the pilot phase are going to be implemented. The group says that it is very important that several rounds of testing are used to evaluate whether and how the bidding process could work. Furthermore, producers should receive some form of guaranteed payment, in case their marketing provider becomes insolvent.Ĭompetitive bidding: The BEE lists loss of investment security, rising prices, less development, loss of acceptance for renewable energies, and disadvantages for small and medium sized businesses / projects, as the main objections to a process of reversed auctions. Small facilities should therefore be exempt from the direct marketing rule. This would be costly and difficult particularly for small producers, the BEE argues. The BEE is adamant that renewable energies are already supplying cheaper electricity than conventional power stations and should therefore not be restricted in growth.ĭirect marketing of renewable energy: The BEE opposes the new rule that requires all renewable power producers to market electricity themselves. Rather than having growth corridors determined in the EEG, the BEE suggests that common planning-procedures and agreements between States should govern the “where” and “how much” of renewable development. The renewable development will not be enough to compensate for the reduction in nuclear energy produced in the years before 2022. The group says that the corridors are set too low and will lead to Germany failing to meet its national climate protection target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020. Growth corridors for renewables: The BEE considers the targets in the prescribed growth corridor in the new EEG a mistake. German Renewable Energy Federation (Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energien – BEE)
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