New German Law Could Force Green Energy Developers to Fund Grid Links

New German Law Could Force Green Energy Developers to Fund Grid Links

Germany is proposing that renewable energy developers pay for connecting to the grid in new regulations that would replace the current system of first-come, first-served, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a new draft law it has seen.   The current congestion in the queue for grid connections and the regulations allowing the first applications to be connected is slowing renewables expansion.   “Connecting generation, storage, and consumption fac…

Germany: No more free connections. Renewable energy producers will have to pay for grid connections. - Economic Scenarios

Germany's energy transition, the famous Energiewende , faces a new bureaucratic and physical obstacle: grid saturation. To address this problem, the German government is preparing a legislative breakthrough that could radically change the economics of green energy developers. According to a draft law seen by Reuters, Berlin intends to abandon the current allocation system and move to a model in which renewable energy producers will have to dig d…

Germany 'wants to make wind developers pay' for grid connections

New draft law reportedly seeks to make wind and solar developers bear cost of grid connections

Germany wants renewables firms to shoulder cost of grid connections, draft law shows