Transcript renewables – made in Germany

Renewable Energies in Germany
at a Glance
Focus on Geothermal Energy
János Büchner, energiewaechter GmbH
Consultant to the Initiative “renewables – made in Germany” of the German Federal Ministry of
Economics and Technology (BMWi)
www.renewables-made-in-germany.com
Content
 The Initiative Renewables – Made in Germany
 Political background and framework for RE development in Germany
 RE Market development in Germany and economic effects
 Some figures: RE and Geothermal Energy
 Presentation of representatives of German companies
The Initiative Renewables – Made in Germany
Scheme financed and coordinated by the German Federal Ministry
of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
German Government intends to
 contribute to global climate protection through support of advanced
RE-technologies
 contribute to international knowledge exchange through conferences,
fostering cooperations and joint ventures
 support German SMEs finding cooperation partners in foreign
countries
Source: Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011 provided by BMWi
The Initiative renewables – Made in Germany
Tools are
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not only organized business trips and conferences in foreign countries
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but also information trips for decision makers from foreign countries to
Germany (visits of research institutions, companies and pilot projects in
Germany)
The initiative on the Web
www.renewables-made-in-germany.com
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Info on upcoming events:
Business trips, trade fairs,
information trips for foreign
decision makers to Germany
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Information on German companies
and institutions Information on
actual market developments
www.renewablesb2b.com
 Virtual Market Place; B2B platform
Political background and framework
for RE development in Germany
Germany’s Energiewende (‘Energy Turnaround’) in 2011
Already after Chernobyl (1986) and even before many Germans called for a phase out of
nuclear energy use
Finally the Catastrophe in Fukushima led to Germany’s
energy turnaround by cabinet decision in June 2011:
Nuclear power use phase out until 2022…
while keeping the aim to …..
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… reduce our GHG-emissions
by 40% until 2020
by 80% until 2050
(compared to 1990)
How to achieve that?
Share of Renewable Energy Sources in Total Final Energy Consumption
in Germany 2011 (& 2012)
2012:
RES all together:
12.6%
Huge potential!
Source: Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011 provided by BMWi
Suitable Regions for the Use of Geothermal Energy
Even the (comparably
small) hydrothermal
potential could supply a
fivefold of the current
German electricity
demand
(Potentialatlas
Erneuerbare
Energien)
Source: Development of renewable energy sources in Germany 2011 provided by BMWi
Main Instrument to Promote REs (ELECTRICITY production)
Act on Granting Priority to Renewable Energy Sources (EEG)
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Grid operators are obliged to connect RE systems to the grid and to buy the
electricity from the system operators to set prices
Fixed Feed-In tariffs (FITs) for 20 years guaranteed by law for RE system
operators
Tariffs vary depending on the utilized source, e.g. biomass, PV, geothermal
energy etc.
Amendments take place at regular intervals depending development on market
development and competitiveness of technologies
Example: FITs for geothermal electricity production increased in 2012.
(Depending on technology up to 23, 25 or even 30 ct/kWh (e.g. petrothermal
projects). FITs for Photovoltaics - in contrast - decreased
FITs financed by consumers: reallocation charge of currently
5,3 €-cent per kWh consumed
Share of the reallocation charge in the consumer’s electricity bills
now: 5,3 cents
Credits:
Renewable Energies
Agency, Berlin
EEG: Increasing Share of Renewable Energy Sources for Electricity
Generation in Germany, 1990-2010
Contribution of renewable energy sources to electricity
supply in Germany
120,000
100,000
Hydropower
Wind energy
Biomass *
Photovoltaics
EEG:
April 2000
[GWh]
80,000
60,000
40,000
EEG:
January 2009
EEG:
August 2004
Amendment to BauGB:
November 1997
StromEinspG:
January 1991 - March 2000
20,000
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
* Solid and liquid biomass, biogas, sewage and landfill gas, biogenic share of waste; electricity from geothermal energy not presented due to negligible quantities produced; 1 GWh = 1 Mill. kWh;
StromEinspG: Act on the Sale of Electricity to the Grid; BauGB: Construction Code; EEG: Renewable Energy Sources Act;
Source: BMU-KI III 1 according to Working Group on Renewable Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat); image: BMU / Christoph Edelhoff; as at: July 2011; all figures provisional
Share of Renewables in Energy Consumption:
ELECTRICITY 2012: roughly 23%
2012: 22,9%
2012: 12,6%
2012: Stagnation at 10,4%
Credits:
Renewable Energies
Agency, Berlin
Renewables replace Nuclear Power
Credits:
Renewable Energies
Agency, Berlin
Main Instruments to Promote REs (HEAT production)
Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG) since 2009:
Minimum share of heating energy supply from REs for new buildings usually obligatory
Obligations depending on the technology/ies used (e.g. biomass and heat pumps: 50%, solar
thermal 15%)
Market Incentive Program for Renewable Energies (Marktanreizprogramm / Federal
Environment Ministry, (BMU):
Financial contributions / beneficial loans for certain REs investments
Loans by KfW Bankengruppe (KfW Group) - National business development bank:
subsidised loans for energy-efficient housing and RES
Development of RES Share in Reference to Heat Production
Heat supply share of REs planned to reach 14% by 2020
Structure of Renewable-based Heat Supply in Germany 2011
Near-surface Geothermal Utilities for Heat Allocation in Germany
Germany’s Energy Turnaround today
Currently a political debate about the costs, (election 2013 / political campaigns
started)
but the EEG (Act on Granting Priority to Renewable Energy Sources)
remains major instrument to boost renewables
Current Challenges:
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Research & Development for energy storage solutions (even here large geothermal
potentials: heating/cooling)
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Intensify energy saving and efficiency efforts
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Speed-up grid expansion (major problem: transport e.g. offshore wind power from the
north to highly industrialized areas in the south)
Public opinion: Costs of RE development regularly an issue of election
campains, but generally ....
Credits: Renewable
Energies Agency,
Berlin
Benefits of RE
promotion in Germany
Renewables in Germany: Growth of Total Employment 2010 alltogether
almost 370,000 jobs / Solar 120,000 / Geothermal energy: 13,000
Who are the owners /investors in German RE installations?
Credits: Renewable
Energies Agency,
Berlin
Many thanks for your attention
and
have a fruitful event day!
Contact: János Büchner, energiewaechter GmbH
E-Mail: [email protected]