Ökostromverordnung (feed-in tariffs) 2012 - ÖSVO 2012

New feed-in tariffs for renewable electricity were determined in December 2012 by the Federal Ministry for Economics, Family and Youth, for new contracts for electricity produced from wind, biomass, biogas, landfill and sewage gas, geothermal and solar in EUR cents/kWh.

Contracts for wind energy, solar PV, landfill and sewage gas and geothermal energy last 13 years, while the rest (biomass and other biogas) last 15 years.

Renewable source	Power plant capacity	Period of time	Feed-in tariff rate in EUR cents/kWh
Wind	All sizes	13 years	9.50
Sewage gas			6.00
Landfill gas			5.00
Geothermal			7.50
Solar PV	Up to 5 kWp	FIT unavailable; installations benefit from an investment subsidy
	5 – 20 kWp	13 years	25.00
	Over 20 kWp		19.00
Building integrated solar PV	Up to 5 kWp	FIT unavailable; installations benefit from an investment subsidy
	5 – 20 kWp	13 years	27.60
	Over 20 kWp		23.00
Solid biomass	Up to 500 kW	15 years	14.98
	500 kW - 1 MW		13.54
	1 – 1.5 MW		13.10
	1.5 – 2 MW		12.97
	2 – 5 MW		14.93
	5 – 10 MW		12.06
	Over 10 MW		10.00
Liquid biomass	All sizes		6.12
Biogas (from agriculture products and waste)	Under 250 kW		18.50
	250 – 500 kW		16.50
	Over 500 kW		13.00

For waste containing high solid biomass content, the tariff is reduced by 25% or 40% depending on the type of biomass.

Co-combustion of solid biomass in thermal power plants: 6.12 EUR cents/kWh. This tariff is reduced by 20% or 30% depending on the type of biomass.

Tariffs are reduced 20% for biogas from the co-fermentation of waste materials.

A supplement of 2.00 is received when used in efficient cogeneration, or for treatment of natural gas quality.

 

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