October 21, 2019 by Kerstine Appunn and Benjamin Wehrmann

Starting in 2021 many of Germany’s existing “pioneer” wind turbines, solar PV installations and biogas plants – launched with generous price guarantees - will stop receiving fixed feed-in tariffs. That means renewable capacity may be shut down if they can’t find a new business model to run on. The new rules comes at a decisive time for Germany’s energy transition as it tries to increase renewables to meet emissions targets and gradually increase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: biogas, biomass, electricity, feed-in tariffs, Germany, grid, policies, PPAs, renewables, repowering, rooftopsolar, solar, subsidies, wind

February 8, 2018 by Kerstine Appunn, Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel

Germany’s  coalition partners have concluded a treaty that may set a final deadline for coal-fired power production in Germany, Clean Energy Wire reports. A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between the social democrats and Angela Merkel’s conservatives.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, News, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: coal power, Energiewende, energy transition, Germany, Merkel, renewables