The document discusses how renewable energy can solve political challenges associated with fossil fuels and nuclear energy such as global warming, energy security issues, and environmental disasters. It highlights Germany's success in expanding renewable energy through policy support like feed-in tariffs. Renewables now provide over 30% of Germany's electricity and energy costs for industry have declined as renewables have increased. Studies show solar and wind will be the cheapest energy sources in most G20 countries by 2030. The document advocates for policies that promote grid access, long-term fixed feed-in tariffs, and investment in technologies like storage to balance intermittent renewables.
1. Instruments for renewable
energy development
Kiev 10th October 2017
Hans-Josef Fell
President Energy Watch Group
Member German Parliament 1998-2013
2. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Political challenges
Global warming
Peak oil, energy security
Nuclear and environmental disasters
Oil wars, poverty, economic crises
All these challenges are connected with
fossil and nuclear energies
Renewables will solve these problems
3. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Renewables conquer Germany’s energy
In the background:
Nuclear power plant
Grafenrheinfeld
decommissioned in
June 2015
In the foreground:
Wind power named
“Hans-Josef Fell”,
PV and
biogas plants,
farmland
4. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Political support stimulates renewable growth
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Source: BMWi, AGEE-Stat, BEE
Share of renewable electricity in Germany
5. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
While renewables expanded, the energy costs of
the German industry have been declining since
2010
Source: Öko-Institut e.V.
EKI- Energy cost Index EKI 6-months average
High energy intensive industry
Medium energy intensive industry
Low energy intensive industry
6. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
PV and wind power = cheapest
energy in G20 States
Source: https://www.pv-magazine.de/2017/07/05/
studie-photovoltaik-und-windkraft-spaetestens-2030-in-allen-g20-staaten-
guenstigste-stromquelle/
Wind
PV
Coal
Nuclear
7. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Reality in Germany:
Increasing grid stability while renewables are
expanding
Source: Bundesnetzagentur (2015);
http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/ElektrizitaetundGas/Unterne
hmen_Institutionen/Versorgungssicherheit/Stromnetze/Versorgungsqualität/Vers
orgungsqualität-node.html ; BMU, BEE, bdew
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System Average Interruption Duration
Index in minutes (SAIDI)
Share of Renewables in %
8. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Key points for an effective Renewable Energy
Act (Feed-in Law; EEG)
Privileged grid access/priority dispatch
Feed-in tariff has to be appropriate for economic
operation, with variations depending on technology
and size
Funding of feed-in tariff via electricity rate
No cap for feed-in of renewable energies
Guaranteed period of remuneration
Tenders below 40 MW do not make for a successful
policy as they strongly restrict the plurality of actors*
Also: No obstructions by a restrictive permission
policy
* http://energywatchgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FIT-
Tender_Fell_PolicyPaper_EN_final.pdf
9. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
GET FiT
GET FiT is the abbreviation of Global Energy Transfer
Feed-in Tariffs for developing countries
It is a concept for facilitating private sector
investments in renewable energies in developing
countries
• Grants are used to supplement the existing FiT mechanism
for the first five years
First project in Uganda (launch in 2013):
Ukraine could ask for GET FiT financed by EU
Source: Deutsche Bank, GET FiT
10. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Balance of solar and wind power fluctuations
Flexibility in power generation
•Hydro, biogas, geothermal power must produce
dispatchable power for system security
Flexibility of power demand
•Consumers must balance their demand for power
Storage investment
•Hydro pump storage, batteries, hydrogen and
synthetic methane from renewable power
Grid investment: Low and high voltage
•Expansion on distribution and transmission level
11. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
PV
2 MWp
3.740
201
2.623
electric power
consumption
as per existing
load profile
incl. electric
vehicles
wood
gasificator sale to
power grid
heat consumption
as per existing
load profile
WEP
2 MW
CHP*
1 MWel ‚
1 MWth
heat
pump
battery
storage
CONTROLLER
heat
storage
degree of self sufficiency 100%, proportion of own consumption approx. 75%*CHP supplies maximum load plus required redundancy,
Energy flow in a combined power plant
12. Hans-Josef Fell – MdB (1998-2013)
Präsident der Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell – MdB (1998-2013)
Präsident der Energy Watch Group
Feed-in tariff for combined renewable power
producer
• Tariff is paid for per law if:
• Power generation meets demand each hour of the year
• Mix of 100% renewable power generation
• Frequency and voltage stability, reactive power is
guaranteed
• Effects:
• Grid stability is growing, decentralised bottom-up approach
• Integration of heating/cooling and electro-mobility
• Development of storage technology
• Emergence of smart cities
For more information see https://www.hans-josef-
fell.de/content/index.php/dokumente/documents-in-foreign-languages/english/921-09-
2016-english-incentive-scheme-for-100-renewable-combined-power-solutions
13. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Overall concepts for 100% renewables
Renewable energy for:
heating, cooling, mobility,
electricity, industry
Wind, solar, hydro, waves,
bioenergy, geothermal
power
Storage: hydro pump;
batteries; power to gas;
ice (heat) storage
Big data; smart homes;
smart cities
Hybrid/
electric
vehicles
14. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Agro-PV in Italy
Double yield: Solar electricity and corn
shadowing saves water
15. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Species-appropriate husbandry in
PV farms
Double yield: Solar power and organic meat
Quelle: Zhenfa Energy Group, China
16. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Germany
Nov 2016, COP22, Marrakech:
48 countries (Climate Vulnerable Forum)
decided for 100% RE target
More Countries e.g.: Denmark; Sweden;
Costa Rica; Iceland; Cape Verde
Cities with 100% RE target e.g.:
Barcelona; Masdar City; Munich;
Masheireb; Downtown Doha; Vancouver;
San Francisco; Copenhagen; Sydney;
Companies with 100% RE target e.g.:
Google, Coca-Cola, Ikea, Walmart
17. STUDY:
TRANSITION TOWARDS A 100% RENEWABLE
ENERGY SYSTEM BY 2050 FOR UKRAINE
Michael Child, Dmitrii Bogdanov and Christian Breyer
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Key findings:
• 100% Renewable Power is technologically feasible
• 100% Renewable Power is feasible every hour the whole year
• Baselaod of nuclear/coal power is not necessary
• 100% Renewable Power is cheaper than fossil/nuclear power
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315117520_The_role_of_storage_technologies_for_
the_transition_to_a_100_renewable_energy_system_in_Ukraine
18. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Western oil companies:
Since the oil price decline, most companies only
make losses
Source: Energy Watch Group, Werner Zittel
19. Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Hans-Josef Fell
Member of German Parliament (1998-2013)
President of Energy Watch Group
Double pitfall for fossil/nuclear business
Rising oil/gas/coal/uranium prices
•Energy consumers switch to renewables
Declining oil/gas/coal/uranium prices
•Financers stop investing
•State budget on the way to bankruptcy
Both leads to economic pressure for
fossil/nuclear companies
$3.4 trillion fossil fuel assets are flagged for
divestment by more than 500 institutions and
2,040 individuals from 43 countries