Economic disadvantages for Greenpeace Energy due to the regulations on the German lignite phase-out

Free report

See how delays to the phasing out of lignite-fired power stations is having adverse economic effects on green energy suppliers.

Download this free report, initially created for Greenpeace Energy, to see how compensation agreements for these specific power stations are creating negative distortions in the German energy market.

Economic disadvantages for Greenpeace Energy
What you’ll learn in this report:
  • How the agreement on the reduction and termination of lignite-fired power generation gives energy supply companies with large lignite-fired power plants unreasonable advantages.

  • How decommissioning premiums for lignite-fired power plants distort competition among renewable project developers in both Germany and international markets.

  • Why the compensation sums and the agreed regulations on the decommissioning dates could lead to affected power plants being kept in operation for longer.