Featured in Store for more – 05-2012

Global feed-in tariff overview

Feed-in tariffs: The drastic cuts to the incentives in Germany have been passed into law, with the cuts to rooftop and BIPV having already taken effect and the cuts to ground-mounted installations looming. Japan is also enacting changes to its incentive scheme and Ontario recently conducted a two year review of its scheme.

Germany Germany’s various political factions finally came to an agreement on the amendments to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG). Consequently, rooftop and BIPV support was reduced on April 1 and ground-mounted is set to follow on July 1 (see table 1). These reductions will be augmented by monthly reductions of one percent beginning in May. …

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