Energy use of renewable raw materials; information and advice

Renewable raw materials are playing an increasingly important role in sustainable energy supply. Electricity and heat from renewable raw materials are making a growing contribution to meeting the demand for energy.

Counties and independent cities offer citizens comprehensive advice, in some cases via the local energy agencies. LandSchafftEnergie"(landschafftenergie@tfz.bayern.de) is an initiative of the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy and offers information and advice on implementing the energy transition in rural areas. As part of "LandSchafftEnergie", a series of events entitled "Heat transition with wood" is held annually during the heating period to provide information on the use of wood to generate heat.

Various individual measures for the energetic use of renewable raw materials can be funded.

Important regulations on the use of renewable raw materials for energy:

• Electricity
  The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) regulates the market access requirements and the remuneration that operators of wind power, hydropower, photovoltaic, geothermal and biomass plants receive for the electricity they feed into the grid of energy suppliers. The grid operators are obliged to purchase the electricity from plants that use renewable energies and to pay the prices and fixed remuneration rates determined via tendering procedures. In the case of bioenergy, the EEG is particularly important for operators of biogas plants, biomethane plants and wood-fired power plants. The Biomass Ordinance regulates which substances are recognized as biomass within the scope of the EEG.

• Heat
  The Act on Energy Conservation and the Use of Renewable Energies for Heating and Cooling in Buildings (Building Energy Act - GEG) aims to significantly increase the share of renewable energies in final energy consumption for heating and cooling while maintaining economic efficiency. Owners of newly constructed buildings are obliged to use a proportion of renewable energy sources to cover their heating requirements. Depending on the energy - this can be solar thermal energy, geothermal energy, environmental heat from the air or ground or bioenergy - the proportion must be between 15 and 50 percent of the energy requirement. When using solid biomass (wood), for example, a share of at least 50 percent is required. In addition, subsidies are granted for the purchase of wood and wood pellet heating systems as part of funding programs. Applications for grants for the most important federal funding program - federal funding for efficient buildings - must be submitted to the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control. From the 2nd quarter of 2023, the Free State of Bavaria will be funding the construction of biomass heating plants with a nominal heat output of at least 60 kilowatts and the construction and expansion of associated heating networks with the new "BioWärme Bayern" funding program.

• Fuels
  The Federal Immission Control Act (§§ 37a-g BImSchG) regulates the reduction of greenhouse gases from fuels. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fuels made from renewable raw materials, biowaste and residual materials (biofuels) are blended with fossil fuels, for example. Conventional diesel fuel, for example, contains up to 7 percent biodiesel. Conventional petrol contains up to five percent (Super E5) or up to ten percent (E10) bioethanol. Pure fuels (e.g. vegetable oils, rapeseed oil) are also used. The use of pure fuels is generally not possible in conventional engines. The combustion technology of the engine must first be adapted to the fuel properties. The engine manufacturer must give approval for this. The Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (10th BImSchV) regulates the nature and quality of fuels and combustibles. The Thirty-eighth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (38th BImSchV) lays down further provisions on greenhouse gas reduction for fuels.

This also includes wood chip, pellet and other wood-fired heating systems, which are relevant in private homes. This is where the energy advice provided by the consumer advice center comes in.

The energy advice provided by the consumer advice center is only aimed at private individuals.

You will find the following links under further links:

• Climate protection in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
• Integrated climate protection concept for the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
• Energy transition Oberland
• Energy advice from the consumer advice center

• Act on Protection against Harmful Environmental Impacts from Air Pollution, Noise, Vibrations and Similar Processes (Federal Immission Control Act - BImSchG)
• First Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on Small and Medium-Sized Combustion Plants - 1 BImSchV)
• Tenth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Characteristics and Designation of the Quality of Fuels and combustibles - 10th BImSchV)
• Thirty-eighth Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordinance on the Specification of Further Provisions for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels - 38th BImSchV)
• Act on the Expansion of Renewable Energies (Renewable Energy Sources Act - EEG)
• Ordinance on the generation of electricity from biomass (Biomass Ordinance - BiomasseV)
• Energy Tax Act (EnergieStG)
• Act on Energy Conservation and the Use of Renewable Energies for Heating and Cooling in Buildings (Building Energy Act - GEG)

• Subsidy product "Renewable energies - standard"
• Promotion of heat generation systems as part of federal funding for efficient buildings
• Energy subsidies from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs
• LandCreatesEnergy
• Consulting - Environmental heat
• Climate protection in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

  Overview of climate protection activities in the district

• Integrated climate protection concept for the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen

  By drawing up a climate protection concept, the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen aims to improve its climate protection policy activities together with its municipalities and thus fulfill its role as a role model and central driving force for the development and implementation of climate protection measures in the region. The overall aim of the integrated climate protection concept is to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the district.

• Energy transition Oberland

  Energiewende Oberland is one of the largest community foundations for the energy transition in Germany. Its members are the four districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Miesbach and Weilheim-Schongau and numerous municipalities, organizations, companies and citizens of the Oberland region. Energiewende Oberland supports and advises on the goal of increasing energy efficiency and supplying the region entirely with renewable energies by 2035.

• Energy advice from the consumer advice center

  Rising energy prices, dwindling resources, the impact on the climate and the environment: there are plenty of reasons to use energy sparingly and efficiently. We will show you various ways to save energy, protect resources and save money. You will also find out everything you need to know about electricity consumption, heating technology, insulation and renewable energies.