Germany’s energy industry changed when its Renewable Energy Sources Act came into force on April 1, 2000. It introduced a feed-in tariff for renewables and laid the foundations for a quarter century of progress for solar. Despite many disagreements, and the seven amendments that have followed since, few would dispute its significance in Germany and beyond. Twenty-five years later, and the current discussions in German parliament could soon decide the EEG’s future. These could frame the law as a model for the future, or as an obsolete set of ideas best left in the past.
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