Photovoltaic systems after expiry of EEG subsidies

Allendorf (Eder) – What to do if your more than 20-year-old photovoltaic system is no longer subsidised by the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), but still generates solar power perfectly? After the reform of the EEG in December 2020, operators only receive the annual market value for solar energy. Last year, that was less than 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour. By contrast, for members of the ViShare Energy Community, electricity is worth more than twice as much: with the ViShare electricity flat rate tariff, they will receive 6 cents per kilowatt hour fed into the grid this year. The contractual partner for the ViShare tariffs is Energy Market Solutions GmbH (EMS), a subsidiary of the Viessmann Group.