Once again, the government has adjusted its main renewable-energy policy instrument, the EEG; once again support has been reduced; once again, surprisingly, the market seems to have received the changes with muted satisfaction, despite the simultaneous introduction of a 2.5GW cap on annual onshore installations and dramatically reduced targets for offshore wind.
For the past 15 years, the same story has been repeated: the government signals changes; the industry expresses wild disagreement; and when the dust settles, everybody seems reasonably satisfied.
