As specified by the federal network agency on October 27, 2011, the degression on January 1, 2012 will be 15%. The amount of degression for January 2012 is based on the installed capacity from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011. According to data from the federal network agency, added capacity for this time period was about 5,200 MWp (3,300 from the first nine months of 2011).

The base degression is 9%. If the installed capacity exceeds 3,500 MWp in the months relevant for the degression calculation, an additional 3% degression is added for every additional gigawatt installed.

Applicable Rates

The following rates are applicable for the coming year:

-Roof installations up to 30 kWp, 24.43 cents/kW-hour

-Roof installations up to 100 kWp, 23.23 cents/kW-hour

-Roof installations up to 1 MW, 21.98 cents/kW-hour

-Roof installations greater than 1 MW, 18.33 cents/kW-hour

-Open-space installations, 17.94 cents/kW-hour

System-specific dates have not yet been released.

Further Information: EuPD Research (http://www.eupd-research.com/)