János Büchner, energiewaechter GmbH
Consultant to the Initiative
“renewables – made in Germany” of the German Federal Ministry of
Economics and Technology (BMWi) www.renewables-made-in-germany.com

Content
 The Initiative Renewables – Made in Germany
 Political background and framework for RE development in Germany
 RE Market development in Germany and economic effects
 Some figures: RE and Geothermal Energy
 Presentation of representatives of German companies

The Initiative Renewables – Made in Germany
Scheme financed and coordinated by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
German Government intends to
 contribute to global climate protection through support of advanced
RE-technologies
 contribute to international knowledge exchange through conferences, fostering cooperations and joint ventures
 support German SMEs finding cooperation partners in foreign countries
Source:
Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011 provided by BMWi

The Initiative renewables – Made in Germany
Tools are
• not only organized business trips and conferences in foreign countries
• but also information trips for decision makers from foreign countries to
Germany (visits of research institutions, companies and pilot projects in
Germany)

The initiative on the Web www.renewables-made-in-germany.com
 Info on upcoming events :
Business trips, trade fairs, information trips for foreign decision makers to Germany
 Information on German companies and institutions Information on actual market developments www.renewablesb2b.com
 Virtual Market Place ; B2B platform

Germany’s Energiewende (‘Energy Turnaround’) in 2011
Already after Chernobyl (1986) and even before many Germans called for a phase out of nuclear energy use
Finally the Catastrophe in Fukushima led to Germany’s energy turnaround by cabinet decision in June 2011:
Nuclear power use phase out until 2022…
…
…..
… reduce our GHG-emissions by 40% until 2020 by 80% until 2050
(compared to 1990)
How to achieve that?

Share of Renewable Energy Sources in Total Final Energy Consumption in Germany 2011 (& 2012)
2012:
RES all together:
12.6%
Source:
Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011 provided by BMWi
Huge potential!

Suitable Regions for the Use of Geothermal Energy
Even the (comparably small) hydrothermal potential could supply a fivefold of the current
German electricity demand
Source:
Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011 provided by BMWi
(Potentialatlas
Erneuerbare
Energien)

Main Instrument to Promote REs ( ELECTRICITY production)
Act on Granting Priority to Renewable Energy Sources (EEG)

Grid operators are obliged to connect RE systems to the grid and to buy the electricity from the system operators to set prices
 Fixed Feed-In tariffs (FITs) for 20 years guaranteed by law for RE system operators

Tariffs vary depending on the utilized source , e.g. biomass, PV, geothermal energy etc.
 Amendments take place at regular intervals depending development on market development and competitiveness of technologies
 Example : FITs for geothermal electricity production increased in 2012.
(Depending on technology up to 23, 25 or even 30 ct/kWh (e.g. petrothermal projects). FITs for Photovoltaics - in contrast - decreased

FITs financed by consumers : reallocation charge of currently
5,3 €cent per kWh consumed

Share of the reallocation charge in the consumer’s electricity bills now: 5,3 cents
Credits:
Renewable Energies
Agency, Berlin

EEG: Increasing Share of Renewable Energy Sources for Electricity
Generation in Germany, 1990-2010
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
Contribution of renewable energy sources to electricity supply in Germany
Hydropower
Biomass *
Wind energy
Photovoltaics
EEG:
January 2009
EEG:
August 2004
EEG:
April 2000
Amendment to BauGB:
November 1997
StromEinspG:
January 1991 - March 2000
20,000
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
* Solid and liquid biomass, biogas, sewage and landfill gas, biogenic share of waste; electricity from geothermal energy not presented due to negligible quantities produced; 1 GWh = 1 Mill. kWh;
StromEinspG: Act on the Sale of Electricity to the Grid; BauGB: Construction Code; EEG: Renewable Energy Sources Act;
Source: BMU-KI III 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); image: BMU / Christoph Edelhoff; as at: July 2011; all figures provisional

Share of Renewables in Energy Consumption:
ELECTRICITY 2012: roughly 23%
2012: 22,9%
2012: 12,6%
2012: Stagnation at 10,4%
Credits:
Renewable Energies
Agency, Berlin

Renewables replace Nuclear Power
Credits:
Renewable Energies
Agency, Berlin

Main Instruments to Promote REs (HEAT production)
Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG) since 2009:
Minimum share of heating energy supply from REs for new buildings usually obligatory
Obligations depending on the technology/ies used (e.g. biomass and heat pumps: 50%, solar thermal 15%)
Market Incentive Program for Renewable Energies (Marktanreizprogramm / Federal
Environment Ministry, (BMU):
Financial contributions / beneficial loans for certain REs investments
Loans by KfW Bankengruppe (KfW Group) - National business development bank: subsidised loans for energy-efficient housing and RES

Development of RES Share in Reference to
Heat
Production
Heat supply share of REs planned to reach 14% by 2020

Structure of Renewable-based Heat Supply in Germany 2011

Near-surface Geothermal Utilities for Heat Allocation in Germany

Germany’s Energy Turnaround today
Currently a political debate about the costs , (election 2013 / political campaigns started) but the EEG (Act on Granting Priority to Renewable Energy Sources) remains major instrument to boost renewables
Current Challenges:
 Research & Development for energy storage solutions (even here large geothermal potentials: heating/cooling)
 Intensify energy saving and efficiency efforts
 Speed-up grid expansion (major problem: transport e.g. offshore wind power from the north to highly industrialized areas in the south)

Public opinion: Costs of RE development regularly an issue of election campains, but generally ....
Credits: Renewable
Energies Agency,
Berlin

Renewables in Germany: Growth of Total Employment 2010 alltogether almost 370,000 jobs / Solar 120,000 / Geothermal energy: 13,000

Who are the owners /investors in German RE installations?
Credits: Renewable
Energies Agency,
Berlin

Contact: János Büchner, energiewaechter GmbH
E-Mail: jb@energiewaechter.de