The Renewable Energy Sources Act provides for a system of fixed feed-in tariffs for electricity generated from renewable energy sources. The tables below provide an overview of the German feed-in tariffs (Ct/kWh) for facilities commissioned in 2012. Data for 2013 is available here.
Please note: Bundestag and Bundestag on 28/29 June 2012 cleared a partially retroactive change of PV tariffs as of 1 April 2012. Details of the new solar feed-in tariffs can be found here.
Please also note: The tables do not reflect all details of the statutory requirements or all potential increases or reductions. Some of the details of the feed-in tariffs (e.g. regarding eligibility, bonuses, degression, etc.) are more complex than the tables can show.
| Hydropower (§ 23 EEG) | Ct/kWh | |
| General rates (according to share of capacity) | ||
| share of capacity | ||
| Up to 500 kW | 12.70 | |
| Up to 2 MW | 8.80 | |
| Up to 5 MW | 6.30 | |
| Up to 10 MW | 5.50 | |
| Up to 20 MW | 5.30 | |
| Up to 50 MW | 4.20 | |
| Over 50 MW | 3.40 | |
| Facilities of up to 5 MW (new build, extension) | ||
| share of capacity | ||
| Up to 500 kW | 12.70 | |
| Up to 2 MW | 10.31 | |
| Up to 5 MW | 8.47 | |
| Facilities over 5 MW (new build, extension) | ||
| share of capacity | ||
| Up to 500 kW | 12.70 | |
| Up to 10 MW | 10.31 | |
| Up to 20 MW | 8.47 | |
| Up to 50 MW | 6.27 | |
| Over 50 MW | 5.29 | |
| Yearly degression for hydropower plants | ||
| rate | 1.0% |
| Landfill gas, sewage gas and mine gas | Ct/kwh | |
| Landfill gas (§ 24 EEG) | ||
| Share of capacity | ||
| Up to 500 kW | 8.60 | |
| Up to 5 MW | 5.89 | |
| Sewage gas (§ 25 EEG) | ||
| Share of capacity | ||
| Up to 500 kW | 6.79 | |
| Up to 5 MW | 5.89 | |
| Mine gas (§ 26 EEG) | ||
| Share of capacity | ||
| Up to 1 MW | 6.84 | |
| Up to 5 MW | 4.93 | |
| Over 5 MW | 3.98 | |
| Bonuses for landfill and sewage gas | ||
| maximum rated output 700Nm³/hour | 3.0 | |
| maximum rated output 1,000Nm³/hour | 2.0 | |
| maximum rated output 1,400Nm³/hour | 1.0 |
| Biomass (§ 27 EEG) | Ct/kwh | |
| Basic tariff | ||
| Share of capacity | ||
| Up to 150 kW | 14.30 | |
| Up to 500 kW | 12.30 | |
| Up to 5 MW | 11.00 | |
| Up to 20 MW | 6.00 | |
| Tariff biowaste installations and small manure gas | ||
| Biowaste fermentation up to 500 kWel | 16.00 | |
| Biowaste fermentation up to 500 kWel to 20 MWel | 14.00 | |
| Manure biogas upt to 75 kWel | 25.00 |
| Geothermal (§ 28 EEG) | Ct/kwh | |
| Basic Fees | ||
| Share of capacity | ||
| Basic tariff | 25.00 | |
| Increase due to utilisation of pertrothermal technology | 5.00 | |
| Bonus | ||
| For facilities with petrothermal technology | 5.00 |
| Onshore wind (§§ 29, 30 EEG) | Ct/kwh | |
| Basic Fees | ||
| Initial fee (first 5 years from start of operation; plus extension formula time*) | 8.93 | |
| Base fee | 4.87 | |
| Small-scale upt to 50 kW | 8.93 | |
| Bonuses: | ||
| System service bonus | 0.48 | |
| Repowering bonus | 0.50 | |
| Degression rate | 1.5% |
*Depending on coverage of reference yield, extension of initial tariff pursuant to Section 29(2) EEG
| Offshore wind (§ 31 EEG) | Ct/kwh | |
| Basic fees | ||
| Initial fee (first 12 years of operation; extension for remote/deep water installations) | 15.00 | |
| Initial tarif in acceleration model | 19.00 | |
| Basic tariff | 3.50 | |
| Degression | ||
| until 2017/from 2018 | 0.0%/7.0% |
| Solar radiation (§§ 32, 33 EEG) | Ct/kwh | |
| Roof-mounted facilities | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Up to 30 kW | 24.43* | |
| Up to 100 kW | 23.23* | |
| Up to 1 MW | 21.98* | |
| Over 1 MW | 18.33* | |
| If generated electricity is consumed within immediate vicinity of building/facility by operator or third parties for installations up to 500 kW: Payment of feed-in tariffs for consumed electricity, but the applicable feed-in tariffs will be reduced by EUR 0.1638 for up to 30 percent of the generated power and by EUR 0.12 for the remaining power | ||
| Freestanding facilities | ||
| Conversion/Sealed Areas | 18.76* | |
| Other Qualified Areas (additional requirements apply) | 17.94* | |
| * New, reduced feed-in tariffs apply retroactively as of 1 April 2012, details see here and here | ||
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