Around two weeks ago the German passed an update to its Renewable Energy Sources Act, the EEG. The reworking of the law underpinning solar PV and other renewable generating capacity development in the country has been widely reporting as spelling an end to FITs. The BEE counters that tariffs for large scale projects will still be awarded, however under a tender system, and will remain in place for solar arrays smaller than 750 kWp. "There was a big misunderstanding in most press coverage in the German media, which said the new EEG was the end of the FIT and afterwards the system has transitioned to a tender system," explained Carsten Pfeiffer, the head of strategy and politics at the BEE. "However this is not the point, as a tender results in a FIT being awarded." Under the new EEG, 600 MW of ground mounted PV will be awarded annually under a tender system. Germany has already conducted three trial tenders, for an annual limit of 400 MW of capacity, in a process used to iron out any problems with the tendering system. ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...