100 energy supply by renewable energy sources A

100% energy supply by renewable energy sources: A German case study Andreas Gursch Director Environmental Science & Technology European Chamber of Commerce Taipei

High dependence on imports

Energy mix in Germany

Legislation as initiator

BMU – KI III 1 Version: 15. 12. 2008 Renewable energy sources in Germany 2007 7

Renewable energy act (EEG) u u Federal law (further development of the Power Feed-In Law of 1991) Priority for feed-in of RE Extensive regulation for grid access legally regulated payment rates – Long-term perspective and investment security (15– 30 years) – Incentive for the opening up of new potentials and technologies (esp. biomass and geothermal energy) – Strong incentive for efficiency boost, by degression of payment rates Cost for consumer