On Tuesday, 27 September, the European Commission approved three additional measures aiming to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Germany.
The additional measures supplement the German Renewable Energy Act (‘Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz’ or ‘EEG 2021’) and will further contribute to achieving Germany’s environmental goals as well as the EU’s strategic objectives related to the European Green Deal.
Germany notified the European Commission of its intention to adopt three additional measures in the context of its EEG 2021 support scheme, which was approved by the European Commission in April 2021. These measures include: - changing from a fixed market premium to a sliding market premium in the payment structure for innovation tenders;
- introducing financial incentives to encourage consumers to invest in small rooftop solar photovoltaic installations; and
- adding another round of tenders for ground-mounted and rooftop solar photovoltaic energy in 2022. Given the two rounds of tenders for ground-mounted and rooftop solar photovoltaic energy that had already been organised in 2022 were undersubscribed, Germany will introduce a revised mechanism. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)