Website review: Germans Debate Renewable Energy Sup...
greenbodie discovered this in Alternative Energy
•8 reviews since May 19, 2008
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•redgreenandblue.org/2008/05/19/germans-debate...
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greenbodie discovered 3 months ago- There is a reason that Germany has half of the world's installed solar generating capacity, and it is not the Northern European country's boundless sunshine. Renewable energy capacity has achieved such tremendous growth because of the German government's aggressive energy policy. The policy vehicle responsible for the rapid acceleration of the country's renewable energy capacity, known as a feed-in tariff (FIT), guarantees a fixed-rate of return for homeowners and farmers who install solar, wind, small hydro, biomass, and methane capturing systems and sell their surplus electricity back to the grid. Electricity generated through Germany's feed-in law produces about 50 terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours) of electricity per year, or nearly 15% of German electricity consumption (1). This adds an average of only 1.01 euros ($1.69) a month to a typical home electricity bill.
- greenflame rated 3 months ago
- It would be a shame if political manoeuverings were to scupper a very positive initiative by the German government towards renewable energy.
- JessicaLaurie rated 3 months ago
- There is a reason that Germany has half of the world's installed solar generating capacity, and it is not the Northern European country's boundless sunshine.
- JoelBittle rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "Other supporters of the German feed-in tariff point to the unparalleled growth in renewable energy capacity reason enough to maintain the system as it currently stands. â€oeThe general target is to mobilise all renewable options, producing a renewable energy mix and reducing the dependency on conventional energy over time,"
- mokkikunta rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "There is a reason that Germany has half of the world's installed solar generating capacity, and it is not the Northern European country's boundless sunshine. Renewable energy capacity has achieved such tremendous growth because of the German government's aggressive energy policy"
- onreact-com rated 3 months ago
- The German neocons want to destroy the legacy of the green party and follow the energy industry lobbyists.
- sustainablogger rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "There is a reason that Germany has half of the world's installed solar generating capacity, and it is not the Northern European country's boundless sunshine. Renewable energy capacity has achieved such tremendous growth because of the German governmentâ€s aggressive energy policy."
- tbhurst rated 3 months ago
- From the page: "it would be foolish for Germany to nip the most successful renewable energy policy this planet has ever seen in the bud. Especially with the certain increase in demand for electricity, and the rising pressures on the coal-industry in Germany, Germans may be better off absorbing a slight increase in their electricity bills that is calculable, as opposed to drastic increases used to offset certain shortages."
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