By decision No. 123726/5096/2021 (Government Gazette B, no. 6250/27-12-2021) of the Minister of Environment and Energy, which was adopted pursuant to par. 2 of Article 7 of L. 4414/2016, as amended by Article 66 of L. 4843/2021 and in force, the technologies or categories of RES and CHP power plants that are integrated into a support scheme in the form of Operating Aid, through a competitive bidding procedure, as provided for in Law 4414/2016, as amended and in force, are stipulated for the next 4 years.

In particular, Article 3 of the said decision sets out in detail the categories of plants that may participate in the tenders, following a relevant notice of RAE, from the entry into force of the decision, i.e. 27-12-2021 until 31-12-2025.

Article 4 defines in particular the competitive bidding procedures in which RES and CHP plants that are exclusively part of the same technology are able to participate.

Provision is also made for the conduct of joint tenders, with participant stations of at least two different technologies (photovoltaic and wind), whether the latter have an electricity storage system (Article 7), or not (Article 6), while Article 5 in particular makes explicit reference to the conduct of joint tenders in order to cover the power margin resulting from the completion of the special interconnection project “Connection of N. Makri – Polypotamos and South Evia HV Network”, the interconnection of  Cyclades, as well as the Attica-Crete phase B interconnection.

Finally, Article 8 defines the methodology and the power sharing procedure for the participation in the competitive procedures of RES power plants installed in countries within the European Economic Area, provided that there is active Transfrontier Energy Trade with these countries.

It is noted that the categories of RES and CHP plants that do not fall within the regulatory framework of the said decision, are integrated into a support scheme in the form of Operating Aid on the basis of the Reference Price established in Table 1 of Article 4 of L. 4414/2016, as in force, namely without competitive bidding procedures for these categories of stations being followed.

The new environmental law, Nr 4685/2020 brings simplification and significant acceleration of the environmental licensing procedure of Renewable Energy Sources projects.

With particular regard to the Phase A of the licensing process of projects (wind power plants, photovoltaic power stations, hydroelectric power plants etc), the new law abolishes the Generation License and replaces it by the Generation Certificate, with a 25-year validity duration and the possibility of renewal. The Generation Certificate will be issued by an Electronic Register of Electric Energy Generation from RES, kept by the Licensing Body (the Regulatory Authority for Energy).

Interested parties will have to apply electronically for Generation Certificate, during specific application periods (February, June, October), and, within short deadlines, applications will be published in the Electronic Register, any objections raised will be considered and, if the application meets the requirements, the Generation Certificate will be granted within (20) days.

Pending applications for Generation Licenses, submitted after the application period of September 2018 and beyond, will be considered in accordance with the new procedure introduced by Law 4685/2020.

A new Renewable Energy Sources’ Generation Certificates Regulation is to be issued within (3) months after the entry into force of the new environmental law.

Our Law firm will keep monitoring the dynamic development of the Renewable Energy Sources in Greece closely and will keep you up to date regarding the developments and your obligations concerning the evolution of your projects.

Today, on 25/7/2019, MStR Law’s Summer Symposium was concluded, which was honored by Mr Xing’s Wang presence on behalf of the Cultural Center of China in Athens

 

Από την 1^η Ιανουαρίου 2018 η ελληνική κυβέρνηση εφάρμοσε την ευρωπαϊκή οδηγία του 2015 (2015/720/ΕΕ) και οι καταναλωτές οφείλουν να πληρώνουν 0,04€ για κάθε πλαστική σακούλα. Μέχρι το 2019 η χρέωση θα φτάσει τα 0,09€ ανά σακούλα ενώ, υπολογίζεται ότι το 2015 κάθε Ευρωπαίος πολίτης θα χρησιμοποιεί κατά μέσο όρο 40 πλαστικές σακούλες ανά έτος.