Renewable Energy Sources Act 2014. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 33, 24 July 2014, pp. 1066-1132. Long titleAct on expansion of renewable energies. Subject Energy Keyword Renewable energy Basic legislation Energy conservation/energy production Environmental planning Policy/planning Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes This Act comes into force on 01 August 2014. Abstract The aim of the present Act is to integrate renewable energy into the market reducing the costs of the so-called “energy turnaround” (Energiewende) in Germany. To accomplish this, the federal government limits the annual extension of renewable energy plants and implements a fundamental change to the statutory tariff structure. In the future, operators of renewable energy plants will receive the statutory feed-in tariff only in exceptional cases. Instead, the direct marketing of energy generated by renewable energy plants will be mandatory. The text consists of 105 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Connection, acceptance, transmission and distribution (2); Market premium and feed-in tariff (3); Compensation mechanism (4): Transparency (5); Legal protection and official proceedings (6); Empowerment, reports and transitional provisions (7). Five Annexes are enclosed as follow: Market premium amount (1); Reference yield (2); Requirements and amounts of the flexibility premium (3); Electricity cost or trade-intensive industries (4); Southern region (5). Full text German Website www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Amends Gas Grid Access Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2010 (2021) Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Natural gas, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Authorization/permit, Contract/agreement, Data collection/reporting, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Combined Heat and Power Act. Legislation | Germany | 2002 (2014) Keyword: Renewable energy, Climate change, Energy conservation/energy production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Renewable Energy Sources Act. Legislation | Germany | 2008 Keyword: Basic legislation, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Environmental planning, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX