Photovoltaics for own final consumption are exempted from licensing

The production of electricity to fuel consumption directly from a family or company will have a more affordable licensing scheme, according to the business journal. The diploma, which provides legally production to consumption, will now be subject to a public consultation, but the Secretary of State for energy, Artur Trinity, assured the Business exists "in the interests of administrative simplification".

Last year, remains the newspaper, the Government worked on a preliminary draft for the so-called "distributed generation", that is, the generation of electricity from small producers, with much lower powers to those of large power plants.

This diploma will make the framework of production for own final consumption â€" which was a legal vacuum â€" and will introduce changes in the operation of micro and miniprodução. The document has already been sent to associations of the sector, said Jorge Moreira da Silva still, Minister of the environment.

The aim of the Government is to approve the new regime in Council of Ministers by the end of July.

As regards consumption, one of the main novelties advances that facilities under this scheme will not have a share of power allocation, as was happening until today in the micro-and miniproidução. Thus, the access to this model will be free.

For installations up to 700 watts of power is only required a prior communication electronically to DGEG (Direcção-Geral de Energia e Geologia). Over 700 watts operating certificate will be required. Only the equipment with more than one megawatt (MW) of power is that they will need to have a license for exploration and production.

The diploma is still Government referred to a clause that ensures that, if the consumption market grow very quickly, the electrical system does not imbalance. If the production for own final consumption is a success, the system will lose part of consumption that normally bear the costs of the sector. If this succeeds, the legislation provides that the production facilities for consumption on pay a contribution to the system, but the equipment up to 1,000 watts will be exempt.

However, this scenario will only when 180MW are reached in consumption facilities.

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