New bill on solar cells and wind turbines: What does it mean for your application
21/11/2016
The European Commission's approval of a number of support schemes for solar cell systems, small wind turbines and other renewable energy technologies expires at the turn of the year. To prevent illegal state aid from being paid out, the processing of applications for support from the schemes will be temporarily suspended as of January 1, 2017.
The Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate has today presented a bill which means that the processing of certain support schemes for renewable energy may be temporarily suspended after December 31, 2016. Owners of plants connected to the grid before the end of 2016 and receiving support will not be affected by the bill. The same applies to installations covered by the net settlement scheme.
Which types of plants are affected?
The bill affects owners who want support for photovoltaic plants, small wind turbines and other renewable energy technologies, including wave power, small biogas plants and small biomass plants up to and including 6 kW.
Owners of one of the above-mentioned plants who want to be certain of being considered for price supplements must have connected the plant to the grid and received approval of price supplements from Energinet.dk by December 31, 2016 at the latest. Installations connected to the grid after December 31, 2016 will have to await the European Commission's re-examination of the state aid schemes.
As soon as possible, the Danish Energy Agency will publish further information on www.ens.dk, specifying which installations are affected by the changes. Energinet.dk will also publish further information on their website about the processing of the applications received in the light of the bill.
The Commission's approval expires at the turn of the year
The European Commission has only approved the state aid schemes for these plants until the end of 2016. In order to avoid payment of illegal state aid, it is therefore necessary to temporarily suspend the schemes until a new approval from the European Commission has been obtained.
The Danish Energy Agency will seek approval from the European Commission for these support schemes and transitional rules to continue to apply after 2016.
The European Commission's approval of a number of support schemes for solar cell systems, small wind turbines and other renewable energy technologies expires at the turn of the year. To prevent illegal state aid from being paid out, the processing of applications for support from the schemes will be temporarily suspended as of January 1, 2017.
The Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate has today presented a bill which means that the processing of certain support schemes for renewable energy may be temporarily suspended after December 31, 2016. Owners of plants connected to the grid before the end of 2016 and receiving support will not be affected by the bill. The same applies to installations covered by the net settlement scheme.
Which types of plants are affected?
The bill affects owners who want support for photovoltaic plants, small wind turbines and other renewable energy technologies, including wave power, small biogas plants and small biomass plants up to and including 6 kW.
Owners of one of the above-mentioned plants who want to be certain of being considered for price supplements must have connected the plant to the grid and received approval of price supplements from Energinet.dk by December 31, 2016 at the latest. Installations connected to the grid after December 31, 2016 will have to await the European Commission's re-examination of the state aid schemes.
As soon as possible, the Danish Energy Agency will publish further information on www.ens.dk, specifying which installations are affected by the changes. Energinet.dk will also publish further information on their website about the processing of the applications received in the light of the bill.
The Commission's approval expires at the turn of the year
The European Commission has only approved the state aid schemes for these plants until the end of 2016. In order to avoid payment of illegal state aid, it is therefore necessary to temporarily suspend the schemes until a new approval from the European Commission has been obtained.
The Danish Energy Agency will seek approval from the European Commission for these support schemes and transitional rules to continue to apply after 2016.
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