Wind Energy

Current Feed-in Tariff duration Subsidies
GERMAny 3.5 cents/kWh basic remuneration Life span
13 cents/kWh initial remuneration for turbines
linked to the grid before 1 January 2016
Feed-in tariff agreement is prolonged if turbine is
more than 12 nautical miles from land and standing
in waters deeper than 20 metres.
If turbine is more than12 nautical miles from land,
prolongation is 0.5 months per extra nautical
mile.
If turbine stands in waters more than 20 metres
deep, prolongation is 1.7 months per additional
metre of water depth.
Depending on location,
at least 12 years
dEnMARK 6.69 cents/kWh Nystedt II 50,000 full-load hours
(about 14 years), then
the market price
FRAnCE
UnITEd KInGdOM
nEThERLAndS
SWEdEn
All prices in Euro/Cents
6.69 cents/kWh Horns Rev II
13.0 cents/kWh (10 years), additional remuneration
(10 years) depend on annual full load hours
0 - 2,800 hours = 13 cents/kWh;
2,800 - 3,200 linear interpolation;
3,200 = 9 cents/kWh;
3,200 - 3,900 linear interpolation,
3,900 - ∞ 3 cents/kWh
Price for current certificates is 50 GPB/MWh*1.5
ROC = 75 pounds/MWh = about 8.82 cents/kWh
certificate + 6.41 cents/kWh market price including
tax incentives = 15.23 cents/kWh
Fixed tariffs for 10
years, then variable
tariffs for 10 years.
Certificates for 25
years
Grid
connection
Tax incentive
Further development
None Grid operators No Regional amendment
as of 2012
No Grid operators No
No Wind farm
operators
Yes 17 - 18 cents/kWh
without additional
remuneration, 16 cents/
kWh with remuneration
(Grid connection)
Yes Grid operators Yes Grid connection through
grid operators - wind
farm operators pay fee;
projects that order wind
turbines within the next
two years (2009/2010)
receive 2.0 ROCS for
every MWh, and projects
that place orders in
2010/2011 will receive
an additional 1.75 ROCs;
a new remuneration system
is being prepared.
Annual adjustment in the SDE regulation; SDE means Stimulering Duurzame Energieproduktie. Operators receive a supplement per kW/h on top of
the market price, but this figure hasn’t been determined yet. The government published in the summer of 2009 a draft ruling on the granting of
project licenses for the North Sea, and the SDE tender will be discussed starting in November 2009, with a decision expected in April 2010.
In the Netherlands the financial support for all renewable energy sources is specified in the provisions of the SDE regulation. Under this SDE
financial support scheme producers receive, on top of their market price revenues, a premium per kWh produced.
The Dutch government will provide support for a total of 950 MW offshore wind power in the period 2007 - 2011. This will bring the overall
offshore wind capacity in the Netherlands to a level of 1178 MW. Contrary to the approach followed for other renewable energy sources, the exact
level of the SDE financial support for offshore wind energy has not yet been determined, but will result from a tender approach which is open to
license holders only. The government published draft-decisions on applications for licenses to build offshore wind farms in the Dutch part of the
North Sea in the summer of 2009. It is foreseen that the SDE tender will be opened as of 1 November 2009 with decisions expected around 1 April
2010.
Market price + green certificates (until 2030) +
environment bonus (2009). The average annual
market price in 2007 until July was 229.23 SEK/
MWh (2.49 cents/kWh). Operators also receive
a certificate for every MWh. Energy suppliers
are obliged to produce a certain number of
certificates every year. The number of certificates
is determined by the volume sold the year before
and the quota specified by the government each
year for the share of renewable energies desired
in the overall energy mix.The time limit set for
certificate trading was extended from 2010 to
2030. With that, the remuneration in 2007 was
about 6 - 7.5 cents/KWh; an additional budget for
investment subsidies for new offshore wind farms
amounting to some 350 million Swedish krona
(37.5 million euros) was accorded for 2008 - 2012.
Certificates for 15
years and an environment
bonus until 2009
Yes The government
has set
up a working
group to
evaluate free
access to the
grid.
No
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