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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_ENERGY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-15-04-32-34BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's tax on households' electricity bills to finance the expansion of renewable energies will rise almost 50 percent on the year as the country pushes ahead with phasing out nuclear power within a decade.
The country's four main grid operators say Monday that the tax will rise from (EURO)3.6 cents to (EURO)5.3 cents ($6.7 cents) per kilowatt hour starting in January. That brings the annual cost of financing Germany's energy switchover for a family of four to about (EURO)250 ($324) per year, including sales tax.
The tax is used to pay producers of solar, wind or biomass power guaranteed above-market rates to ensure their investment will be profitable.
Renewable energies currently produce a quarter of Germany's electricity but are set to account for 80 percent by 2050.
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GERMAN TAX TO FINANCE RENEWABLE ENERGY SKYROCKETS (Original Post)
xchrom
Oct 2012
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CRH
(1,553 posts)1. Wonder haw a proposal like that, ...
would fly in the next debate?
bananas
(27,509 posts)2. "a full-on, no-holds-barred propaganda war against renewables"
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/10/german-coal-fired-generation-of-electricity-falls-while-renewable-generation-rises
German Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity Falls While Renewable Generation Rises
By Paul Gipe, Contributor
October 4, 2012 | 9 Comments
German use of coal to generate electricity has declined steadily from 1990 to 2011, according to readily available statistics on the German electricity system. The percentage of coal-fired electricity in German electricity generation has fallen from 56.7% in 1990 to 43.5% last year a decrease of more than 10% despite a increase in total electricity generation during the same period of about 10%. At the same time the share of renewable energy in the electricity mix has increased from 3.6% to 19.9%, mostly due to the rapid development of wind energy and biomass.
It's necessary to make this statement short and succinct because, if anyone has missed it, there's a presidential election campaign in full swing here in the USA. And with it is a full-on, no-holds-barred propaganda war against renewables.
Weekly if not more often a new broadside appears and makes the rounds of generally right-wing blogs and talk shows. The latest talking point is that Germany is burning more coal than ever because of all the intermittent renewables that have been added to the system.
So, let's have some fun with numbers and separate fact from fiction.
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German Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity Falls While Renewable Generation Rises
By Paul Gipe, Contributor
October 4, 2012 | 9 Comments
German use of coal to generate electricity has declined steadily from 1990 to 2011, according to readily available statistics on the German electricity system. The percentage of coal-fired electricity in German electricity generation has fallen from 56.7% in 1990 to 43.5% last year a decrease of more than 10% despite a increase in total electricity generation during the same period of about 10%. At the same time the share of renewable energy in the electricity mix has increased from 3.6% to 19.9%, mostly due to the rapid development of wind energy and biomass.
It's necessary to make this statement short and succinct because, if anyone has missed it, there's a presidential election campaign in full swing here in the USA. And with it is a full-on, no-holds-barred propaganda war against renewables.
Weekly if not more often a new broadside appears and makes the rounds of generally right-wing blogs and talk shows. The latest talking point is that Germany is burning more coal than ever because of all the intermittent renewables that have been added to the system.
So, let's have some fun with numbers and separate fact from fiction.
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bananas
(27,509 posts)3. Support for shutting nuclear remains high: 69 percent of voters
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/10/debate-continues-in-germany-over-cost-to-ratepayers-for-renewable-energy-incentives
Debate Continues in Germany over Cost to Ratepayers for Renewable Energy Incentives
By Stefan Nicola and Tino Andresen, Bloomberg
October 12, 2012 | 4 Comments
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Support for shutting nuclear plants remains high, a TNS Emnid poll for N24 television showed yesterday. While 69 percent of voters said theyre behind the plan even with power prices rising, 81 percent said they expect the government to help alleviate the rising costs. TNS Emnid surveyed 1,000 people on Oct. 10. No margin of error was given.
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The debate over power prices is short-sighted because Germany will save 570 billion euros by 2050 if it scraps nuclear plants, the Renewable Energy Research Association, a group of clean-energy research institutes, said on Oct. 10.
The investments made now, at the beginning, will pay off within a foreseeable time frame and have a positive economic impact, the group said.
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Debate Continues in Germany over Cost to Ratepayers for Renewable Energy Incentives
By Stefan Nicola and Tino Andresen, Bloomberg
October 12, 2012 | 4 Comments
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Support for shutting nuclear plants remains high, a TNS Emnid poll for N24 television showed yesterday. While 69 percent of voters said theyre behind the plan even with power prices rising, 81 percent said they expect the government to help alleviate the rising costs. TNS Emnid surveyed 1,000 people on Oct. 10. No margin of error was given.
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The debate over power prices is short-sighted because Germany will save 570 billion euros by 2050 if it scraps nuclear plants, the Renewable Energy Research Association, a group of clean-energy research institutes, said on Oct. 10.
The investments made now, at the beginning, will pay off within a foreseeable time frame and have a positive economic impact, the group said.
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Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)4. The problem is that they need to jack up prices a lot more
That's just the cost of the subsidies.
They still haven't dealt with financing the grid expansion nor the pending subsidies for baseline power.
In American money, that's about 8.1 cents just for renewable subsidies for each kwh. I do not think poorer German households can afford this even now.