Followingpressure from Northern German coastal states, the federal government hadsoftened a cap on new onshore wind developments and made cuts to feed-insupport less harsh.

Thesolar sector, already hit by years of steep cuts to FIT support and inmanufacturing by cheap Chinese competition, doesn’t seem to enjoy such strongpolitical backing among states, however.

Accordingto the reform plans, commercial users of self-produced electricity will have topay a surcharge to finance the expansion of renewables (EEG surcharge) at leastpartially as of August 1, 2014, translating into a levy of €0.044