#GermanEnergyFact 37: 🇩🇪 is getting really serious about renewable energy sources - at least in terms of the law.

Behold §2 of the new 2023 Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), under the headline "Special importance of renewable energy sources":

The construction and operation of renewable energy plants and their associated ancillary facilities are in the
▶️overriding public interest◀️ and
▶️serve public safety◀️.

Let's see what it's worth!

Source: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eeg_2014/__2.html (translation: deepl)

Back from holidays, I realize that I'm still one post behind schedule, so here is #GermanEnergyFact #36 (which also concludes my mini series of fun facts about EEG 2000 and 2023):

How often does the expression "coal phase-out" (Kohleausstieg) appear in different versions of the 🇩🇪 Renewable Energy Sources act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, #EEG):

▶️ First EEG version of the year 2000: 0️⃣
▶️ Current EEG of 2023: 5️⃣

#coalexit #fedienergy #Energiewende

#GermanEnergyFact #35: How often word variations of "negative prices" appear in different versions of the 🇩🇪 Renewable Energy Sources act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG):

▶️ First EEG version of the year 2000: 0️⃣
▶️ Current EEG of 2023: 1️⃣2️⃣

#fedienergy #Energiewende

#GermanEnergyFact #34: How often word variations of "storage" (Speicher) appear in different versions of the 🇩🇪 Renewable Energy Sources act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG):

▶️ First EEG version of the year 2000: 0️⃣
▶️ Current EEG of 2023: 4️⃣0️⃣

#storageisbecomingathing #fedienergy #Energiewende #Speicher

Woah, we're already in the second month of your favorite thread of daily German #energy facts! 🎉

So here is #GermanEnergyFact #32 - the first of a series of fun facts on #renewable energy legislation in 🇩🇪 :

▶️ How often word variations of the expression "market" (Markt) appeared in the first German Renewable Energy Sources act #EEG of the year 2000: 3️⃣

▶️ How often variations of "market" are mentioned in the current 2023 version of the same law #EEG: 1️⃣ 7️⃣ 1️⃣

#fedienergy #Energiewende

#GermanEnergyFact #31: more on market values of #solar #PV in 🇩🇪

Hope you're not bored yet, but here is another graph which I find interesting, focusing on PV market values relative to spot prices:

▶️ Market values are relatively high in winter, partly >100% (but production is very low in these months)
▶️ In summer, they decrease because of the merit order effect
▶️ Values also decrease over time with increasing PV penetration, some call it "cannibalization effect"

Data: https://www.netztransparenz.de/EEG/Marktpraemie/Marktwerte

#GermanEnergyFact #30: more on market values of #renewables in 🇩🇪

While the last post showed *absolute* values, here are monthly market values *relative* to spot prices since 2018:

▶️ In general: market value of PV > offshore wind > onshore wind
▶️ Solar market values peak in winter.
▶️ The general pattern has been quite persistent, even during the COVID pandemic.
▶️ Only in mid 2022, where spot prices peaked, #wind market values were above #PV.

Data: https://www.netztransparenz.de/EEG/Marktpraemie/Marktwerte

#GermanEnergyFact #29: more on market values of variable #renewables in 🇩🇪

I thought, let's stick to this topic for a while. So here is a view on absolute monthly market values of #wind power and #solar #PV since 2018

▶️ Both spot prices and market values of renewables hit a historic low in 2020 during the pandemic.
▶️ Since mid 2021, market prices massively increased, largely because of higher gas prices.
▶️ Wind and PV market values largely followed this trend.

Data: https://www.netztransparenz.de/EEG/Marktpraemie/Marktwerte

Since I'm still a day behind, here comes another one right away, #GermanEnergyFact #28: average yearly market values of #wind and #solar power in 🇩🇪 since 2020

▶️ Market values generally followed the exploding market price.
▶️ There seems to be increasing "cannibalization" of wind power.
▶️ I don't see why the market value of PV (relatively) increased in 2022. As the monthly values also look differently, there may be a data error. Anyone who knows more about this? @aurelwuensch @marcowuensch