The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has unveiled the Energiesammelgesetz, a draft law which would amend the existing regulations for renewable energies and CHP power plants. The Federal Cabinet passed the draft law in early November 2018. The draft foresees that 4 GW of solar and onshore wind power would be tendered until 2021, of which 1 GW in 2019, 1.4 GW in 2020 and 1.6 GW in 2021. The tendered amount would not be counted in the 52 GW cap on photovoltaic (PV) expansion.
Besides, the law considers testing of new pricing mechanisms and tendering procedures, which will lead to more competition and greater network and system efficiency. If adopted, it would adjust the regulation authorization for innovation tenders (Verordnungsermächtigung für Innovationsausschreibungen ) in the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG 2017). As per the future innovative tenders, 250 MW would be tendered in 2019, 400 MW in 2020 and 500 MW in 2021. The volumes will not be deducted from the regular tendering quantities for wind turbines on land and solar installations.
The draft law plans to further develop and comprehensively modernise CHP. Subsidies regulations will be adjusted, while incentives for large solar installations will be lowered.