 In 2000 Germany passed the first legislation on the prioritization of renewable energy sources (Gesetz für den Vorrang Erneuerbarer Energien – EEG), which supported the expansion of renewable energy. The most important elements of the law was i) that electricity produced by wind turbines was favored by a high feed-in tariff fixed for up to 20 years and ii) that the German utility companies were obligated to purchase all electricity produced by wind turbines.
The schedule below shows the feed-in tariff for electricity produced by wind turbines back from 2000.
 |
Commissioned |
First 20 years
(€/kWh)
|
After 20 years
(€/kWh)
|
 |
|
2000 |
0.0910 |
0.0619 |
|
|
2001 |
0.0910 |
0.0619 |
|
|
2002 |
0.0900 |
0.0610 |
|
|
2003 |
0.0890 |
0.0600 |
|
|
till 30/6-04
|
0.0880 |
0.0590 |
|
|
from 1/7-04
|
0.0870 |
0.0550 |
|
|
2005 |
0.0853 |
0.0539 |
|
|
2006 |
0.0836 |
0.0528 |
|
|
2007 |
0.0819 |
0.0518 |
|
|
2008 |
0.0803 |
0.0507 |
|
|
2009 |
0.0970 |
0.0502 |
|
|
2010 |
0.0960 |
0.0497 |
|
|
2011 |
0.0951 |
0.0492 |
|
|
