Future of the Renewable Energy Act: evolution or systemic change?

In the future, wind and solar power with weather-related production capacities will increasingly dominate the production of electricity in Germany. This will change the country's energy system as well as the energy market. Indeed, it's no longer about the integration of clean energy into a system based on conventional energy sources, but rather a full-scale transformation of Germany's energy production. Against this background, the issue at hand was the evolution of Germany's funding mechanism for renewable energy.

Under the title "The Future of the Energy Act Renewable (EEG) – Evolution or Systemic Change?", the panelists discussed:

• the optimization of the pricing mechanism and system compatibility (Philippe Welter, Publisher of Photon);
• the development of the EEG through more cost-efficient compensation (Johannes Lackmann, WestfalenWind);
• the long-term market transformation model with a combination of capacity premiums, variable remuneration, and tenders (Dr. Felix Matthes, Institute for Applied Ecology/Oeko-Institut);
• the introduction of tenders for renewable support (Dr. Sven Bode, Arrhenius Institute);
• as well as the introduction of a quota system for renewable energy (Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt, RWI).

These presentations (in German) can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding paragraphs. The full text versions of the talks can be found in our publication "Zukunft des EEG – Evolution oder Systemwechsel" (download).