Expansion is central goal of German government's energy policy
Renewable energy accounted for 5.8 percent of primary energy consumption in Germany in 2006 and the share of renewable energy in total gross electricity consumption rose to 12 percent. In relation to total road traffic, the contribution of biofuels to fuel supply reached 6.6 percent and, in the heat market, renewables' share in total heat provision was 6 percent. Its proportion in the total final energy consumption rose to 8 percent. A turnover of 11.3 billion euros arose from the erection of plants and 10.3 billion euros from the operation of the plants. Some 214,000 people are now employed in the renewable energy sector and may have managed to prevent some 101 million tons of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere in 2006. The Federal government has provided the impetus for this development, particularly by regulating the payment for electricity from renewable energy fed into the grid through the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), and through other support programmes such as the market incentive programme for renewable energy (MAP). Following on from these, renewable energy technologies in Germany have become an important industrial sector with high annual growth rates in the last few years. Many innovative German companies have advanced to become international technological leaders, providing key components for the wind energy, hydropower, solar energy, geothermic and biomass sectors. "Renewables made in Germany" are considered amongst the world leaders and are therefore being used all over the world. The Federal Ministry of Economics is supporting this dynamic industry with a multitude of instruments and wishes to use these pages to provide information on innovative technologies and successful "made in Germany" projects, as well as events and ways in which companies can participate in the foreign trade fairs of the Renewable Energy Export Initiative. (Figures from the working group on renewable energy statistics AGEE-Stat).
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