Germany has been a leader in governmental support for renewable energies, which now represent about 27 % of electricity generation. In 2012 (voluntary) / 2014 (obligatory), the country changed from a xed Feed-In Tari (FIT) to a Market Premium Scheme (MPS) for wind power projects. One aim of this...

The cost of renewable energy technology has plunged in recent years. But the extent to which electricity consumers can benefit from the reduced costs depends on the design of renewable remuneration mechanisms. Calculations of a financing model show that the current sliding premium is leading to...

Die Technologiekosten erneuerbarer Energien sind in den letzten Jahren stark gefallen. Es hängt jedoch vom Vergütungsrahmen ab, in welchem Umfang StromverbraucherInnen von diesen Kostensenkungen profitieren können. Berechnungen mit einem Finanzierungsmodell zeigen, dass die derzeit geltende...

Cost of renewable energies have dropped, approaching wholesale power price levels. As a result, the role of renewable energy policy design is shifting - from covering incremental costs towards facilitating risk-hedging. An analytical model of the financing structure of renewable investment...

Germany changed renewable remuneration for wind power from a fixed Feed-In Tariff (FIT) to a floating Market Premium Scheme (MPS) in 2012. One aim of this adjustment was to better align the supply of generated wind electricity with the demand for it, e.g. through more system-friendly wind...

Up until now, wind turbines have been designed to generate electricity at the lowest possible total cost, independent of this electricity's market value. With an increasing penetration of wind power in the system, the market value of electricity generated by wind turbines is declining, since...

Bisher wurden Windkraftanlagen so ausgelegt, dass sie Strom zu möglichst geringen Gesamtkosten erzeugen, unabhängig vom Marktwert dieses Stroms. Mit steigenden Anteilen der Windenergie im Stromsystem fällt der Marktwert von Strom aus Windkraftanlagen, da sie tendenziell zur gleichen Zeit...

The costs of renewable energy technologies have fallen sharply. Now the financing costs of new installations are playing an increasing role in the overall cost of Germany's energy transition. This has put the primary focus of support instruments for renewable energy on creating more affordable...

Die Kosten erneuerbarer Energien sind stark gefallen. Nun spielen die Finanzierungskosten neuer Anlagen eine immer größere Rolle für die Gesamtkosten der Energiewende. Dadurch wird das primäre Ziel von Förderinstrumenten für erneuerbare Energien die Realisierung kostengünstiger...

Power systems with increasing shares of wind and solar power generation have higher capital and lower operational costs than traditional technologies. This increases the importance of the cost of finance for total system cost. We quantify how renewable policy design can influence cost of finance...