All Entries Tagged With: "Germany"
Germany Passes New Renewable Energy Law for 2012
Ups Renewable Energy Target: Between 35% and 40% by 2020 Raises Payments for Biomass, Geothermal, & Offshore Wind Applies Standard Degression to Wind on Land and Solar PV Despite widespread rumors in North America that Germany was abandoning its system of Advanced Renewable Tariffs, the country’s upper chamber of parliament, the Bundesrat, approved the latest [...]
California’s Solar Program Costs More Than German Feed-in Tariffs
Newly installed solar photovoltaic (solar PV) projects in Californian were paid an average of approximately $0.34/kWh last year, according to a privately-commissioned study. Germans paid substantially less, taking into consideration the amount of solar energy their country receives.
Germany’s Energy Success
The facts are remarkable. I could paraphrase or restate them for you, but why not just send you to the German Renewable Energy Agency’s site so you can see for your self. Please Click on this link: http://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/en/economy/current-facts-and-figures.html
Germany Is Shooting for 100% Renewables
With time, effort, and the spark of new ideas, it appears those brilliant researchers in Germany have once again found the basis for a realistic shot at taking Germany to 100% renewable energy. Please watch this video in it’s entirety. It’s only 7 minutes. Thanks to YOUTUBE at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR8gEMpzos4&feature=player_embedded As you can see, this is [...]
What Is A Feed-In Tariff?
What Is A Feed-In Tariff? To maintain objectivity, we are quoting: From Wikipedia: A Feed-in Tariff (FiT, Feed-in Law, FiL, solar premium[1], Renewable Tariff[2] or renewable energy payments[3]) is an incentive structure to encourage the adoption of renewable energy through government legislation. The regional or national electricity utilities are obligated to buy renewable electricity (electricity [...]
