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Fig. 9 Federal funds available for the Market Incentive Programme for Renewable Energies
(MAP). *: To be confirmed. Numbers from (Deutscher Bundestag 2012a , b )
Figure 9 shows the amount of funds available for the MAP programme between
2009 and 2012.
Since 2008, the promotion in this programme has consisted of a base incentive
and a bonus incentive. The bonus incentive is available for especially effective
systems or combinations of different renewable energy sources. Table 9 shows the
promotion conditions for selected measures in the MAP programme (Numbers
from (BAFA 2012 ; Enbausa 2012 )) (Table 9 ).
Furthermore, the MAP evaluation report (Langniß et al. 2010 ) analysed how the
Federal fund in the MAP has been used in recent years. The following Fig. 10
shows the distribution of funded systems distinguished by biomass systems, solar
thermal systems and heat pumps.
Figure 10 shows that the majority of funded systems in the MAP are solar
thermal systems with a share of approximately 60 % in 2011, followed by biomass
plants with a share of about 30 % and heat pumps with about 10 %.
3.3.6 Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) 2012
The renewable Energy Sources Act ('Act on granting priority to renewable energy
sources', EEG) was established in 2000. It is the main instrument for the expansion
of renewable energy systems producing electricity. The objective is to increase the
share of renewable energy sources in the German electricity supply by 35 % until
2020, 50 % until 2030, 65 % until 2040 and 80 % until 2050. The Act ensures that
produced electricity from renewable sources is purchased by the local energy
supplier and guaranties a specific price for each kWh electricity for the next
20 years. The act strongly promotes the spreading of photovoltaic plants (PV) on
buildings and thus is an important instrument that opens the door for nZEB