The German energy regulator Bundesnetzagentur (BNA) has announced that support for onshore wind energy plants would be reduced by 1.2% and by 0.5% for biomass as of 1 April 2016.
According to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) 2014, the support level (reference value) for electricity produced by onshore wind and biomass power plants must be adjusted quarterly as of 2016. The basic reduction is set at 0.4% for wind and 0.5% for biomass, but greater cuts can be applied if net newly installed capacities over the past 12 month-period exceed defined corridor. At 3,712 MW, the net expansion of onshore wind capacity is considerably above the upper limit of the deployment corridor (2,400 to 2,600 MW), prompting the BNA to apply a greater cut in tariff. For biomass, total newly installed capacity from biomass amounted to 67 MW, below the set deployment limit of 100 MW, which means that the support will be cut by the basic level of 0.5%.
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