Source: JUNTYA DE ANDALUCIA
Promoters and Producers of Renewable Energies of (Aprean Renovables), Mariano Barroso, has stressed the need for the new photovoltaic regulations to be applied in a "strict" way to avoid that "there is again uncertainty" in the sector and has hoped that renewables will resume "all their strength from 2013".
Speaking to Europa Press, Barroso recalled that since 2004 there has been a 68 percent drop in premiums in the sector, although the market has also been adjusting. However, he insists that this drop has been "very important and too drastic".
"Although technology has been maturing very fast, this cut has been too strong," says Barroso, who stresses that this drop should have been "more adapted to technological development and perhaps could have been smaller."
The businessman emphasizes that the important thing with the approval of the new regulations is that "the market has been cleared and the rules of the game are already known, since it is the best thing that can happen to the sector". "What cannot be allowed is that the game is changed halfway," says Barroso, who hopes that what has been strictly approved will continue.
Thus, he affirms that "there is still much to be done to give the necessary coverage" to the renewable energy sector and hopes that "the current stop will be only temporary, a bump due to the crisis". In this sense, Barroso hopes that renewables will return to full strength from 2013, "it is what society, governments and entrepreneurs want."
NEW PHOTOVOLTAIC REGULATION
The Council of Ministers has approved the new photovoltaic regulation, which includes premium cuts ranging from five percent for small roof installations to 45 percent for floor installations, passing through 25 percent for medium roof installations.
These cuts will be applied from the first call for the quarterly pre-allocation register from the entry into force of the royal decree, that is, from the fourth call of 2010.
The Executive expects that the reduction in regulated tariffs that is introduced for photovoltaic installations will mean savings of 607.2 million until 2013, at a rate of 141.5 million in 2011, 202.3 million in 2012 and 263.4 million in 2013.
The Ministry of Industry explains that the new photovoltaic regulations guarantee a "sufficient remuneration for the installations" and "attractive for the promoters of new projects", as well as an adequate return on the investments made.
Along with this, Industria recalls that the Council of State has validated the legality of the norm and, collecting the recent jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, has considered that the new regulation conforms to the principles of legal certainty and legitimate expectations.
25 YEARS OF PREMIUMS
Among the most outstanding novelties of the new photovoltaic royal decree is a limitation to 25 years of useful life in the right to receive an equivalent premium. In addition, the standard includes other novelties aimed at improving the technical integration of renewable sources and cogeneration facilities, as well as simplifying and streamlining the administrative procedures of application.
In short, the Government assures that the main objectives of the decree are to reduce costs, especially those of photovoltaic energy, for the benefit of consumers; improve the technical integration of renewable and cogeneration facilities, and simplify and streamline administrative implementation procedures.
The new regulations modify three previous royal decrees, which are 661/2007, which regulates the production of electricity under a special regime; 1110/2007, which approves the unified regulation of measurement points of the electricity system, and 1578/2008, of remuneration of the activity of production of electrical energy by means of photovoltaic solar technology. (EUROPA PRESS)
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