IEA Resources

International Energy Agency - Renewable Energy Page
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/subjectqueries/keyresult.asp?KEYWORD_ID=4116

IEA Renewables Information Publication - 2007 - USEFUL but expensive
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=1108
Costs 64 euros for PDF
For 30 OECD countries in 2005, has
- Contribution of RE to total primary energy supply (TPES), aggregate and by RE source
- Contribution of RE to electricity, with and without hydro
- Has 8 pages of info on each country
Library has 2002 version with 2000 statistics: Science and Eng Lib, TJ808 .R47 2002

**IEA Renewable Energy Policies and Measures DB
http://www.iea.org/textbase/pm/grindex.aspx

• Does not detail sub-national actions
• Searchable by country, policy type (e.g., financial, public investment, RD&D), and Policy target (e.g., fossil fuels, solar, wind)
• Attempt to search just by country returned nothing; must check country box and type of policies you're looking for
• Each policy has its own page, with country, year implemented, current status, agency, enforcement, enforcement authority, related policies, policy supersedes, policy type, policy target, policy sector, description, and URL

Germany's Renewable Energy Sources (EEG) Act - 2004 revision
http://www.iea.org/textbase/pm/?mode=re&id=1969&action=detail

• There is a 2006 EEG, not listed in this DB
  
• 12.5% renewables in electricity supply by 2010; 20% by 2020
• Basically done through feed-in tariffs. Describes regulations in detail.
• Grid operators obligated to connect renewable energy installations and purchase and transmit all available electricity. Grid operators must pay fixed tariffs for RE feed in
• Differentiated tariffs: "For 2005, fees under the new EEG ranged from 5.39 euro cents/kWh for electricity from wind energy (basic payment) and 6.65 euro cents / kWh for electricity from hydropower, to 59.53 euro cents / kWh for solar electricity from small façade systems."
• Guaranteed payment period of 20 years, in principle. Digression of tariffs promotes technological developments and increases in efficiency.
• Relief for electricity-intensive companies, whose consumption is higher than 10 GW and ratio of electricity costs to TVA > 15%.
• Labeling: authorized bodies issue guarantee of origin, for consumer info/protection
• Some reporting in English can be found at http://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/