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The Energiewende as concept and policy strategy for an energy transformation towards a renewable energy regime in Germany, has since its very beginning included many societal goals beyond the mere shift towards renewables. The decentralised dimension based on principles of energy democracy have characterise the roots of the transition, and through the distinct legislative framework in Germany, mainly by the Renewable Energy Source Act(EEG), the market landscape has reached a large degree of actor heterogeneity mainly constituted by small players. However, in recent years this decentralisation has been challenged by a variety of different policies, resulting from European Union and national legislation. This research outlines how these two governance levels have evolved with respect to the renewable energy regime and how certain policies have affected the decentralised dimension of the Energiewende. Through this policy analysis on the shifting framework, many risks for the continued existence of the renewable energy regime in Germany based on decentralised principles have arisen are being outlined. Small actors under the new market-based conditions have been strongly impacted by the shifting regime and first results of the regime change have been analysed and show the challenges. Based on those findings, the analysis has concluded that to a certain degree, mainly in the legal and policy spheres, a shift towards a more centralised renewable energy regime that favours concentrated ownership structures has occurred. The main drivers have been market-based interests pushed forward by the European Union and a decreased effort of Germany to uphold its renewable energy market design which allowed the shift towards decentralisation. However, the paper also concludes that it is yet too early to say if an overall shift towards centralisation has taken place, as the recent developments of the new regime will have to be further monitored in the coming years, and it will have to be seen how smaller market actors will continue to respond to a framework which is no longer in their favour in the long-run.