{"id":1666997,"date":"2026-03-01T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1666997"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:35:00","slug":"germany-to-scrap-subsidy-for-rooftop-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/germany-to-scrap-subsidy-for-rooftop-solar\/1666997\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany To Scrap Subsidy For Rooftop Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany To Scrap Subsidy For Rooftop Solar<\/span><\/p>\n

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Germany is planning to abolish fixed feed-in tariffs for small rooftop solar installations as of 2027, saying that falling costs have made the technology economically sound without subsidies (narrator: “it isn’t<\/em>“), Bloomberg<\/a> reported on Friday, citing a draft proposal for reforms it has seen.<\/p>\n

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At present, rooftop solar installations of any kind are eligible for guaranteed tariffs. But this could change in a few months, if the government approves the proposal of the German economy ministry to have subsidies abolished for projects of less than 25 kilowatts, according to OilPrice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ministry argues that the small rooftop solar are now often viable on their own without incentives, thanks to the lower costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo strengthen the cost efficiency of solar expansion, a stronger focus will in future be placed on cost-effective solar parks,\u201d<\/strong> the ministry\u2019s proposal reads, as carried by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

The plans for a reform of the subsidies was first leaked by German media outlets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the leaked draft is genuine, it would be yet another attack on renewable energy, following the grid package proposal,\u201d said<\/a> Ursula Heinen-Esser, president of Germany\u2019s renewable energy association BEE.<\/p>\n

Abolishing support for rooftop solar would have \u201cdisastrous consequences\u201d for the sector and would deprive homeowners from participating in the energy transition, Heinen-Esser added.<\/p>\n

The German Solar Association, BSW-Solar, also deplored<\/a> the leaked draft proposal as \u201ca frontal attack on Germany\u2019s energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Germany plans to boost onshore wind capacity to 115 gigawatts and solar capacity to 215 gigawatts by the end of the decade\u2014targets which it will keep in the proposal for reforms. Europe\u2019s biggest economy has a target to have renewables account for 80% of its electricity generation in 2030.<\/p>\n

In solar, Germany is halfway through reaching its 2030 solar power targets, BSW-Solar said<\/a>\u00a0in June last year.<\/p>\n

Germany saw the highest number of onshore wind turbines commissioned in the first half of 2025 for eight years, but the rebound in installations is still off track to reach the official targets, the German wind energy association, Bundesverband WindEnergie (BWE),\u00a0said<\/a> in the middle of 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 03\/01\/2026 – 07:35<\/span><\/p>\n

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