The photovoltaic support scheme in Germany an environmental criteria assessment of the EEG feed-in tariffs / Christoph Töpfer and Erik Gawel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Töpfer, Christoph, author.

Gawel, Erik, author.

Series:

Studien zu Infrastruktur und Ressourcenmanagement ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin, [2013]

Summary:

Long description: The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz EEG) promotes the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources by a feedin tariff scheme. In general, renewables are considered to be environment-friendly with respect to climate change and other environmental harm associated with fossil-nuclear energy provision. In fact, renewables themselves cause new environmental costs regarding space requirements, related land-use conflicts and the need for scarce raw materials. Therefore, support policies should not only take into account economic but also ecological criteria. The objective of this study is to assess whether or not environmental criteria are reflected in the German photovoltaic support scheme stipulated by the EEG. It thereby aims to establish a connection between the economic investment stimulus of renewable electricity support schemes and the environmental performance of their supported technologies taking photovoltaic as an example.

Contents:

Intro

1 Introduction

1.1 Approaching the Issue

1.2 Methodology

1.3 Structure of the Study

2 Supporting Photovoltaics - The Case of the German EEG

2.1 General Promotion Possibilities of Renewable Electricity Generation

2.1.1 Rationale of Promoting Renewables

2.1.2 Policy Options

2.1.3 Quota Obligations

2.1.4 Feed-in Tariffs

2.2 Development and Vertices of the EEG's PV Support

2.2.1 Development towards the EEG

2.2.2 Vertices and Progress of the EEG's FIT Scheme

2.2.3 Goal Development

2.3 Reasoning behind the EEG's PV FIT scheme

2.4 Effects and Induced Costs

2.5 Interim Conclusion

3 Development of Environmental Assessment Indicators

3.1 Criteria and Indicators for the Analysis

3.2 Vertices of the conducted LCA Study

3.3 Update of Indicator Results

3.3.1 Energy Payback Time

3.3.2 Carbon Footprint

3.3.3 Space Requirements

3.4 Sensitivity Analysis

3.4.1 Crystalline SiliconWafers

3.4.2 Reconsideration of Building Integration

3.4.3 Electricity from Renewables at Production Sites

3.4.4 Lifetime and Location

3.5 Comparative Literature Review

4 Environmental Performance of the EEG Feed-in Tariffs for Photovoltaics

4.1 Normalization of Indicator Results

4.2 Determination of a Base for Comparison

4.2.1 Assumptions for the Subsequent Analysis

4.2.2 Determination of Reference FITs

4.3 Climate Protection and Primary Resource Consumption

4.4 Space Requirements

5 Discussion of Results

5.1 Result Preparation for Decision Making

5.2 Effects on the Policy Design

5.2.1 FIT Scheme

5.2.2 Other Support Policy Options

5.2.3 Interaction Policies

6 Conclusions and Prospect.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

PublicationDate: 20130915

ISBN:

3-8325-9502-3

OCLC:

1021808087