Brief Analysis about Costs and Benefits of Expanding the Use of Renewable Energies

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

The present brief analysis provides an overview about costs and benefits of the promotion of renewable energies in the framework of the Green Energy Act (EEG) in Germany. Chapter 3 describes the development of the EEG apportionment in recent years, and its possible development in coming years. Furthermore, the analysis examines the merits of some of the most commonly expressed points of criticism against the EEG in Chapter 4. Finally, in Chapter 5, we examine the extent to which the calculations regarding the costs of the expansion of photovoltaics, which are often raised in the media, are correct, and how they are to be interpreted. Read report here…