Interest in German green power contracts waning
Interest in concluding green power contracts is waning in Germany, Ralf Gei脽ler writes on the website of public broadcaster MDR. Power contracts with a 鈥檊reen tariff鈥� that finances renewable power sources were most popular in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, when suppliers experienced 鈥渁 real boom,鈥� Gei脽ler writes. But according to Lundquist Neubauer of the price comparison website Verivox, many customers have realised 鈥渢hat they finance the energy transition also without a green tariff鈥� through their renewables surcharge. According to Franziska Maul of the municipal utilities of Erfurt, demand remains significant for green contracts, 鈥渂ut the curve has levelled off.鈥� Simone Peter, head of the German Renewable 麻豆无码版 Federation, says that a lack of transparency in the use of the funds generated with green tariffs makes customers reluctant to commit.
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