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German EEG to face scrutiny after elections

By District Energy posted 08-30-2017 15:07

  

Argus Media

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The new German government elected in next month's general elections is likely to implement significant reforms to or replace the renewable energy act (EEG) within the next four years, extend support for combined heat and power (CHP) generation and pave the way for the electrification of the transport and heating sectors.

The future of Germany's lignite and coal-fired plants is less certain as only a coalition government including the Green Party is likely to result in any significant and rapid legally mandated closures while other parties would seek different approaches to meeting the country's ambition greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets for 2020 and beyond.

The present government, a coalition between Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU union and the SPD party, in 2013-17 passed the most wide ranging power market reform package since market liberalisation in the late 1990s, and decided against the introduction of a capacity market and in favour of several reserve solutions to ensure grid stability and security of supply. Other energy policy milestones included reforms to the EEG which introduced auctions for new renewable installations and reforms to the CHP law which geared subsidies towards gas-fired units and introduced auctions for new units with a capacity of 1-50MW.

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