German Renewable Energy Sources Act
Background
The pioneer EEG (spanning 2001–2014) and its predecessor the Electricity Feed-in Act (1991) (spanning 1991–2001) class as feed-in tariff (FIT) schemes, a policy mechanism designed to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy technologies.

German Renewable Energy Sources Act

Section Title: Background
Table Section Text: The pioneer EEG (spanning 2001–2014) and its predecessor the Electricity Feed-in Act (1991) (spanning 1991–2001) class as feed-in tariff (FIT) schemes, a policy mechanism designed to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy technologies.

Year	Hydropower [GWh]	Onshore wind [GWh]	Offshore wind [GWh]	Biomass [GWh]	Photovoltaics [GWh]	Geothermal [GWh]	Total gross electricity generation [GWh]	Share of gross electricity consumption [%]

1990	17,426	71	—	1,435	1	—	18,933	3.4

1995	21,780	1,500	—	2,010	7	—	25,297	4.7

2000	21,732	9,513	—	4,731	60	—	36,036	6.2

2005	19,638	27,229	—	14,354	1,282	0.2	62,503	10.2

2010	20,953	37,619	174	34,307	11,729	28	104,810	17.0

2014	19,590	55,908	1,449	49,219	35,115	98	161,379	27.4

Sentence(s)

The renewable generation came to account for 27.4% of gross electricity consumption in 2014.

final_sentence: The renewable generation came to account for 27.4% of gross electricity consumption in 2014.