Overview
Lobbying Costs
800,000€ - 899,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
13
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
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Luca LIEBE 26 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Mirko MOSER-ABT 03 Oct 2023 02 Oct 2024 Rainer HINRICHS-RAHLWES 26 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Mr Luca LIEBE 26 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 26 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Mirko MOSER-ABT 03 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Luca LIEBE 28 Jan 2023 26 Jan 2024 Mr Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes 24 Jan 2023 24 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 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
800,000€ - 899,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
800,000€ - 899,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Meetings with the EU Commission and the members of the European Parliament, publication of statements, position papers and press releases, organisation of dialogue formats.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
13 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 proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 19 Dec 2023 Location Webex Subject - state of play: EU solar industry - need for resilience capacity Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
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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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
- Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
- Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)