Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE)
EU Transparency Register
15511499334-46 First registered on 17 Aug 2012
Goals / Remit
The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) is an umbrella organization that represents the interests of 48 associations and companies, with 30,000 individual members, including 5,000 companies. Our members include the German Wind Energy Association (Bundesverband WindEnergie), the German Solar Association (Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft), the German Biogas Association (Fachverband Biogas) and the Federal Association of German Hydroelectric Power Plants (Bundesverband Deutscher Wasserkraftwerke). We represent some 330,000 workplaces and more than 3 million power plant operators. Our goal is 100 per cent renewable energy within the electricity, heating and transport sectors.
Main EU files targeted
Green Deal: Revision of Renewable Energy Directive, Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System, Revision of the energy performance of Buildings Directive, Revision of the Third Energy Package for gas, Revision of EEAG
Address
Head Office
EUREF-Campus 16
Berlin 10829
GERMANYEU Office
EUREF-Campus 16
Berlin 10829
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Feb 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Luca LIEBE 28 Jan 2023 26 Jan 2024 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 24 Jan 2023 23 Jan 2024 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 02 Oct 2021 29 Sep 2022 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 08 Oct 2020 02 Oct 2021 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 29 May 2019 29 May 2020 Ms Marie Luise WETTINGFELD 29 May 2019 29 Aug 2019 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 13 Jun 2018 29 May 2019 Ms Corina-Alexandra Bolintineanu 13 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2019 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 09 Jun 2017 25 May 2018 Ms Corina-Alexandra Bolintineanu 09 Jun 2017 25 May 2018 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017 Ms Corina-Alexandra Bolintineanu 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 06 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016 Ms Corina-Alexandra Bolintineanu 06 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016 Mr Hermann Falk 06 Nov 2014 04 Nov 2015 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 14 Jun 2014 06 Jun 2015 Ms Corina-Alexandra Bolintineanu 13 Jun 2014 06 Jun 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF)
EUFORESMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Online Subject Draft State aid Guidelines on Climate, environmental protection and Energy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Renewable Energies Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Electricity market design and renewables policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
- Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject governance of the Energy Union and upcoming initiatives to implement the Energy Union Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject The development of a reliable and transparent Energy Union governance framework, including on the relevant European targets contained in the 2030 Energy and Climate package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Proposals on renewable energy pursuant to the Energy Union Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Commission - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union and Investment Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Berl 8/97 Subject Renewables energy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Commission - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on Renewable Energy Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)