Germany’s revised EEG: New life for PV or dead on arrival?

It has been a few weeks since Germany passed the long-awaited “Easter Package,” the latest iteration of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz, or EEG) which includes far-reaching changes intended to accelerate renewables adoption in Germany. On the whole, writes Martin Schachinger of pvXchange, the praise outweighs the criticism because the act contains numerous improvements and makes life easier for future investors and operators – in theory, at least.