Articles by

R. Andreas Kraemer

The German Feed-in Tariff is a Revenue-Raising Instrument, not a Subsidy

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R. Andreas Kraemer

The feed-in tariff, or "FiT", is financed through a levy on the electricity bills of households and small enterprises. It is not paid out of public budgets, nor does it diminish fiscal revenue. By its nature, the feed-in tariff is thus not a subsidy.

Why Germany Has No Need for North-to-South Power Lines

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R. Andreas Kraemer

The North-to-South transmission lines are not needed; they are a waste of money, designed to increase the cost of the rnergiewende and thus do discredit it, and to split the environmental community in various ways. Here is why: