German renewable energy policy: independent pioneering versus creeping Europeanization?

Vogelpohl, Thomas; Ohlhorst, Dörte; Bechberger, Mischa; Hirschl, Bernd

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“…Many countries have been inspired by Germany and copied its technologyspecific feed-in scheme. From 1990 to 2010 Germany influenced EU renewables support steering and support-scheme trends in Europe more than the European environment influenced Germany (Jacobs 2012;Vogelpohl et al 2017). In line with Vogelpohl et al's (2017) characterization of Germany as a 'foot-dragger' in connection with its role as a veto player at the supranational level, we find that the European environment has had a greater effect on German policy change when domestic conditions have been open to such influence.…”

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“…This move towards greater competition was largely in line with the approach favoured by the European Commission (the Commission). That in itself is interesting, as Germany is known as an important veto player at the supranational level when it comes to harmonization of renewable energy policies (Vogelpohl et al 2017). Ever since the late 1990s, the Commission has advocated a shift towards more 'market-oriented' mechanisms and has tried to get Germany to change its feed-in scheme (EU COM 2014: 7).…”

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Comparative Renewables Policy

Boasson¹,

Leiren²,

Wettestad³

2020

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Challenging one-eyed technology-focused accounts of renewables policy, this book provides a groundbreaking , deep-diving and genre-crossing longitudinal study of policy development. The book develops a multi-field explanatory approach, capturing interrelationships between actors often analyzed in isolation. It provides empirically rich and systematically conducted comparative case studies on the political dynamics of the ongoing energy transition in six European countries. While France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom opted for 'technology-specific' renewables support mixes, Norway and Sweden embarked on 'technology-neutral' support mixes. Differences between the two groups result from variations in domestic political and organizational fields, but developments over time in the European environment also spurred variation. These findings challenge more simplistic and static accounts of Europeanization. This volume will be of key interest to scholars and students of energy transitions, comparative climate politics, policy theory, Europeanization, European integration and comparative European politics more broadly, as well as practitioners with an interest in renewable energy and climate transitions.

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Comparative Renewables Policy

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Wettestad³

2020

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“…The legal situation would probably allow wider exemptions for smaller market participants than is provided for in the amended Renewable Energy Sources Act (Münchmeyer, Kahles & Pause 2014). Therefore, it is assumed that the German Government used the EU requirements to realise its own national reform ideas (Vogelpohl et al 2017). It is expected that the modification of the funding regime will not lead to a return towards centralised power generation technologies, but to a more centralised ownership structure of generating plants.…”

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“…The change in the funding mechanism was carried out not only due to national but also supranational pressure by the European Commission (Beermann & Tews 2016;Tews 2014;Vogelpohl et al 2017). The Commission considers quota systems as the most appropriate instrument for an integrated energy market.…”

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Germany: from feed-in-tariffs to auctions and the question of diverse actors

Ohlhorst¹

2020

Decentralised Energy: A Global Game Changer

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The stakeholder structure of the formerly oligopolistic German electricity market has changed significantly during the energy transition process in the last two decades. The big energy supply companies have lost high market shares to smaller, heterogeneous actors that generate renewable electricity. Both the structure of electricity generating technologies and the ownership structure of the facilities are increasingly decentralised. In this chapter about Germany, the term 'decentralised' is used in the context of community-scale renewable electricity generation and ownership. The increasingly decentralised system has advantages in terms of resilience, social acceptance, democratic participation in the use of universal goods, and the development of value added in municipalities and regions. This chapter describes how decentralised renewable energy in the hands of communities and citizens has developed in Germany. It elaborates on how the political framework has recently changed, which actors have gained influence and which effects can be expected from the changes in the funding regime regarding decentralisation, local and regional development, democratisation of energy business, the variety of actors and stakeholders, as well as regarding the involvement of citizens in renewable energy supply. Decentralised citizen energy in GermanyAlthough primary energy consumption is still dominated by fossil fuels (about 79 per cent in 2018) and some nuclear energy (6.4 per cent in 2018), Germany

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“…The German transition of the energy supply system (Energiewende) is incorporated in a system of multiple levels. First, Germany is a European Union's member and its energy policy is closely linked to the targets and directives developed at the European level (Vogelpohl et al 2016). second, Germany has a significant national strategy and regulatory framework for climate protection and renewable energy promotion in place.…”

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German renewable energy policy: independent pioneering versus creeping Europeanization?

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