Factsheet: Flexibility premium

Flexibility premium

Key Information

Country/Region:

European Union›GERMANY (DEUTSCHLAND)

Description:

The operators of biogas plants who sell their electricity directly, i.e. sell them to third parties by supply agreements or at the stock market, may claim a flexibility premium for providing additional installed capacity for on-demand use. For a plant operator to be eligible for the flexibility premium, he shall provide additional installed capacity that may only be used on demand rather than on a regular basis. This premium may be received on top of and separately from the market premium.

Goal/Aim:

Increase the share of renewable energy in electricity production.

Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives

Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:

Not Relevant

Building a strong research, development and innovation base:

Not Relevant

Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:

Not Relevant

Building competitive biobased industries:

Not Relevant

Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:

Not Relevant

Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:

Not Relevant

Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:

Not Relevant

Availability of financial resources:

Not Relevant

Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:

Not Relevant

Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:

Not Relevant

Contact References

Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):

Flexibility premium (EEG, § 33i)

Full name of Instrument & Measure (native language):

Flexibilitätsprämie (EEG, § 33i)

Links:

http://www.res-legal.eu/search-by-country/germany/single/s/res-e/t/promotion/aid...

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eeg_2014/index.html

http://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/EE/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/EEG/eeg2014_beschlu...

Responsible Authority:

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU))

Contact of Responsible Authority:

http://www.bmu.de/themen/klima-energie/ http://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/

Completed by:

VITO

Completed on:

March, 2014

Advanced Information

Feedstock type targeted:

Product type targeted:

Value Chain:

Year Instrument & Measure Started:

2012

Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:

2012

Comments

Environmental Sustainability Requirements:

limit on methane emisssions of biogas plants

Efficiency Requirements:

CHP requirement for biomethane

Material Hierarchy:

For the production of electricity from biogas and biomethane, the use of maize and corn is limited to 60% (relative to mass) to prevent excessive maize cultivation for energy.

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