Overview

• Reiche publicly questioned whether fixed 20-year feed-in tariffs remain necessary for new small private PV systems, emphasizing existing installations will keep guaranteed rates.
• The minister proposed mandating grid-friendly features for new solar projects—such as controllability via storage and market participation—to help contain network expansion costs.
• Greens leader Sven Giegold warned the move threatens decentralized energy growth and mobilized communities, farmers and climate advocates to defend household solar incentives.
• The Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft cautioned that scrapping subsidies could derail climate targets and jeopardize roughly 150,000 sector jobs, with installers reporting only four in ten customers would invest without support.
• Energy firms and consumer groups estimated households risk losing over €11,000 in tariff revenues over 20 years if reforms take effect, prompting a rush to commission systems before any changes.