The Photovoltaic Support Scheme in Germany

Erik Gawel und Christoph Töpfer

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Erik Gawel, Christoph Töpfer, The Photovoltaic Support Scheme in Germany (2013), Logos Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783832595029

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Beschreibung / Abstract

The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz EEG) promotes the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources by a feedin tariff scheme. In general, renewables are considered to be environment-friendly with respect to climate change and other environmental harm associated with fossil-nuclear energy provision. In fact, renewables themselves cause new environmental costs regarding space requirements, related land-use conflicts and the need for scarce raw materials. Therefore, support policies should not only take into account economic but also ecological criteria. The objective of this study is to assess whether or not environmental criteria are reflected in the German photovoltaic support scheme stipulated by the EEG. It thereby aims to establish a connection between the economic investment stimulus of renewable electricity support schemes and the environmental performance of their supported technologies taking photovoltaic as an example.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • BEGINN
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Approaching the Issue
  • 1.2 Methodology
  • 1.3 Structure of the Study
  • 2 Supporting Photovoltaics - The Case of the German EEG
  • 2.1 General Promotion Possibilities of Renewable Electricity Generation
  • 2.2 Development and Vertices of the EEG†™s PV Support
  • 2.3 Reasoning behind the EEG†™s PV FIT scheme
  • 2.4 Effects and Induced Costs
  • 2.5 Interim Conclusion
  • 3 Development of Environmental Assessment Indicators
  • 3.1 Criteria and Indicators for the Analysis
  • 3.2 Vertices of the conducted LCA Study
  • 3.3 Update of Indicator Results
  • 3.4 Sensitivity Analysis
  • 3.5 Comparative Literature Review
  • 4 Environmental Performance of the EEG Feed-in Tariffs for Photovoltaics
  • 4.1 Normalization of Indicator Results
  • 4.2 Determination of a Base for Comparison
  • 4.3 Climate Protection and Primary Resource Consumption
  • 4.4 Space Requirements
  • 5 Discussion of Results
  • 5.1 Result Preparation for Decision Making
  • 5.2 Effects on the Policy Design
  • 6 Conclusions and Prospect

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