The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)

The Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, short: EEG), introduced in 2000, was designed to raise the share of renewable energies (wind, photovoltaics, biomass, hydropower, geothermal energy) in electricity production and to encourage their effective market entrance, on behalf of environmental and climate protection and sustainable development. It created a sheltered niche for the thriving growth of green energies. Looking back, the EEG is today acclaimed as an outstandingly efficacious instrument of renewables promotion and referred to as the starting point of a unique success story.