Three Decades of Renewable Electricity Policies in Germany

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Putting an energy system transformation into practice: The case of the German Energiewende (2016, background): “At that time the incumbent utilities did not mobilize, likely because they underestimated the importance of the law and because they were absorbed in taking over the East German electricity sector [12].”
The impact of environmental policy instruments on innovation: A review of energy and automotive industry studies (2014, background): “offshore wind and solar cells) and pay them a price corresponding to 60-95% of the average consumer price for electricity (Lauber and Mez, 2004).”
Inventor Networks in Renewable Energies: The Influence of the Policy Mix in Germany (2016, background): “Governmental support of R&D in these technologies started in Germany in 1974 (Lauber and Mez 2004).”
Compulsive policy-making—The evolution of the German feed-in tariff system for solar photovoltaic power (2014, background): “The FIT of 2000 has received much attention in the years after its introduction (e.g., Jacobsson and Lauber, 2006; Jacobsson et al., 2004; Lauber and Mez, 2004), but the significant changes in the FIT scheme for PV, especially since 2007, have not yet been comprehensively documented and studied in…”
A review on global wind energy policy (2010, background): “Renewable energy policy in Germany began in 1974, after the first oil crisis [68].”