2008-08-09
Germany’s feed law permits homeowners and farmers to connect their solar power systems to the grid (= Utility Company) and pays them a fair price for their electricity. This simple system has led Germany to world leadership in wind, solar, and biogas electricity generation. Germany operates more wind generation, more solar systems, and more biogas plants than any other country on earth.

Renewable sources of energy installed through Germany’s feed law produce about 50 terawatt-hours (TWh or billion kilowatt-hours) of electricity per year, or
nearly 10% of German electricity consumption. Hermann Scheer, the architect of the German feed law, begins a North American
book tour February 15th in San Francisco. Scheer, a member of the German parliament and an outspoken advocate of solar energy, is the author of Energy
Autonomy: The Economic, Social, and Technological Case for Renewable Energy. He argues that the threats from climate change and the global race for
the planet’s remaining fossil fuels are so great that there is “no time to waste” in turning toward renewable sources of energy as Germany has done. (Source Paul Gype)

Just imagine with twice as much sun in the Caribbean and we could easily cover 10-15 % of our electricity consumption. With the buying back system Gebe will have extra energy during the day when demand is high from the companies. With the so called feed law the pay back time is much shorter for your investment which can even be better if we have a green tax law in place. Less emission, less dependence on oil and a more secure network. So what are we waiting for?