Germany may widen FIT reforms

Germany’s environment minister Peter Altmaier says the government will consider changes to feed-in tariffs (FITs) for renewable energy sources in addition to PV, which saw an overhaul of its support system last year.

“We need to reflect about smart solutions to the issue of degression,” Altmaier told a reception of the German Renewable Energy Federation BEE last night. “For photovoltaics we have that now. But we also need to think about it in other areas.”

Under new rules based around “target corridors”, solar FITs are adapted on a monthly basis, with reductions becoming steeper the more generation capacity is added.

The entire FIT programme for PV will be taken off line when Germany hits 52GW of installed PV capacity – up from 32GW at the end…

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