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Half of Germany’s 53,000 Megawatts of Renewable Energy is Locally Owned

| Written by John Farrell | 9 Comments | Updated on Oct 24, 2011 The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/half-germanys-53000-megawatts-renewable-energy-locally-owned/

Updated with 2012 data.

From Germany’s Renewable Energy Agency (terms translated by Google):

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9 Comments

Walter Tonetto said...

… the less banks and governments hold, the more secure the long-term future of this structure ….

Nov 12, 2011

Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins | Grist said...

[...] Half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans, because that wonky sounding feed-in tariff (often known as a CLEAN Contract Program in America) makes it ridiculously simple and safe for someone to park their money in generating solar electricity on their roof instead of making pennies in interest at the bank. [...]

Feb 8, 2013

Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins – CleanTechnica said...

[...] Half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans, because that wonky-sounding feed-in tariff (often known as a CLEAN Contract Program in America) makes it ridiculously simple and safe for someone to park their money in solar panels on their roof instead of making pennies in interest at the bank. [...]

Feb 9, 2013

CleanTechnica: Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins « Climate Denial Crock of the Week said...

[...] Half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans, because that wonky-sounding feed-in tariff (often known as a CLEAN Contract Program in America) makes it ridiculously simple and safe for someone to park their money in solar panels on their roof instead of making pennies in interest at the bank. [...]

Feb 11, 2013

Wolke said...

No wonder the big energy producers like e.on and RWE or EnBW are launching a massive PR war against the new German Renewable Energy Act. But they have lost that war already. MORE power to the people!

Feb 12, 2013

Germany has more solar power because everyone wins | Grist said...

[...] Half of the country’s renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans, because that wonky sounding feed-in tariff (often known as a CLEAN Contract Program in America) makes it ridiculously simple and safe for people to park their money in generating solar electricity on their roof instead of making pennies in interest at the bank. [...]

Feb 12, 2013

Crowdfunding Clean Energy – NYTimes.com said...

[...] producers, just look at Germany, where 51 percent of the country’s clean energy production is owned by individuals or farmers, while major utilities control just 6.5 percent of [...]

Mar 6, 2013

Community-Owned Transmission? | Grist said...

[...] power plants.  But not all renewable energy is built locally, even in a country like Germany with massive local ownership of its renewable energy systems.  The Germans are undergoing significant upgrades to their electricity grid as they push 25% [...]

Mar 11, 2013

Clean Break Inspires Americans to Pursue “Energy Change” – German Energy Transition said...

[...] of how committed German citizens have achieved remarkable energy change. It’s the story of the democratizing and renewablizing an entire country’s electricity system from the bottom up, a triumph of local [...]

Mar 13, 2013