Renewable Energy and Jobs Notes: International Feed-in Cooperation

http://www.feed-in-cooperation.org/

3 member countries: Germany, Spain, Slovenia

Information exchange for improvement of feed-in systems in member countries and education for other countries wanting to implement feed-in systems
Documents from the three countries, including legislation
EU Renewable Energy documents
Paper on comparison of FITs in Germany and Spain

Legislation described in paper current through Sept 2006
11 Graphs with share of renewables by country
13 Graph with penetration in 1997 and 2004, and 2010 target by country
14 Two main schemes discussed in EU RES promotion, FIT and quotas combined with tradable permits
14 FITs used in 17 of 25 member states as main instrument to support gen of RES-E
15 Map showing who is using what
16 References various research projects that have shown feed-in systems best for promoting renewable energy at present
17 Features of FIT systems by country (e.g., purchase obligation, tariff degressions, etc.)
20 Notes that costs usually passed on to consumers
21 Table with countries, duration of FIT, and level range
22-26 Graphs showing level of support by country for specific RES technologies (wind, etc.)
22-50 Evaluation of various FIT features, including stepped tariffs, obligation to purchase, etc.
64-69 Burden sharing - protecting some high-electricity using companies to maintain competitiveness; some countries do this through electricity cost as share of value added
70-74 Discussion of who pays for connecting to grid and for expanding grid capacity; wind power generated variable, so some countries require forecasting of power produced
75-76 SUmmary of policy recommendations

Renewable Energy and Jobs Notes