Flanders to reestablish subsidies for rooftop PV

• Four years after the expiry of environment-friendly certificates for PV systems up to 10 kW, the authorities in Belgium's Flanders region intend to support solar once again-- yet this time in the kind or rebates. A brand-new scheme will likely go into force in 2021, with as much as EUR1,500 to be granted per PV system.

Zuhal Demir, the energy preacher of the federal government of the Belgian region of Flanders. stated recently on Twitter that subsidies for brand-new rooftop PV installations will be provided in the form of discounts.

Demir retweeted a short article from the Flemish newspaper De Tijd, in which the details of the program are exposed.

Under the new system, house owners will certainly be provided maximum rebates of EUR1,500 per PV system. An amount of EUR300 will certainly be given per kilowatt mounted for the very first 4 kW, while one more EUR150 kW will be granted for an extra 3 kW. No more assistance will be provided past that threshold.

The scheme is expected to run out in 2024, however subsidy levels will certainly be reduced by a quarter every year, to avoid over-subsidizing rollout, Demir discussed. On the whole, the program's budget plan total up to EUR35 million.

"Supporting solar power for property owners without getting a sunstroke," the preacher tweeted, keeping in mind the plan to progressively downsize the rewards.

The Flemish government likewise plans to present a refund scheme for rooftop PV installations varying in size from 40 kW to 2 MW. Under this strategy, which will receive a budget appropriation of concerning EUR25 million in 2021, jobs will certainly be chosen under some kind of tendering treatment.

Flanders just recently made use of discounts to sustain storage space connected to PV. The program begun in August 2019 as well as will shut at the end of following year, according to Engie-Electrabel, the biggest electrical power carrier Belgium.

The discount amounts to EUR250/kWh of mounted battery capability as much as an optimum of EUR3,200 per link point. No grants must surpass 35% of the cost of any type of system. For example, setting up an 8 kWh battery would certainly bring in a refund of around EUR2,000.