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Renewable Energy Sources Act.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 13, 31 March 2000, pp. 305-309.
Long title
Act on granting priority to renewable energy sources.
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Basic legislation Energy conservation/energy production Renewable energy
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The purpose of this Act is to facilitate a sustainable development of energy supply in the interest of managing global warming and protecting the environment and to achieve a substantial increase in the percentage contribution made by renewable energy sources to power supply in order at least to double the share of renewable energy sources in total energy consumption by the year 2010, in keeping with the objectives defined by the European Union and by the Federal Republic of Germany. This Act deals with the purchase of, and the compensation to be paid for, electricity generated exclusively from hydrodynamic power, wind energy, solar radiation energy, geothermal energy, gas from sanitary landfills, sewage treatment plants, mines, or biomass within the territorial scope of this Act or within Germany's exclusive economic zone, by utility companies which operate grids for public power supply (grid operators). The Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety shall be authorised to lay down rules- in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry as well as the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology - by adopting an ordinance, which shall be subject to approval by the German Bundestag. Said ordinance shall specify what substances and technical processes used in connection with biomass fall within the scope of application of this Act; in addition, the ordinance shall lay down the relevant environmental standards.

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References - Legislation

Implemented by

Biomass Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2001

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental standards, Renewable energy

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Biomass Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2001 (2016)

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental standards, Renewable energy, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Second Act amending the Renewable Energy Act.

Legislation | Germany | 2003

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Renewable Energy Sources Act.

Legislation | Germany | 2004

Keyword: Basic legislation, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX