ANRE extended until June 15 the deadline for reviewing applications for confirmation of eligible renewable energy producer status.
This decision was adopted by the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE), in order to ensure full consideration of the applications submitted for the allocation of capacity quotas to potential eligible producers of electricity from renewable sources. ANRE also requested from other state authorities the information necessary to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Law on Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources, according to which the producer may not request confirmation of eligible producer status for the development of two or more power plants using the same type of renewable energy production technologies, if their installed/cumulative capacity is above the capacity limit established by the Government. In this case, the relevant investor participates in the bidding process in order to obtain an eligible producer. ANRE stated that it would immediately inform all interested parties of the decisions made. In addition, ANRE reiterated its commitment to ensure a transparent and fair capacity allocation process for potential eligible power producers in strict compliance with legal procedures. InfoMarket previously reported that ANRE was accepting applications for confirmation of eligible producer status and allocation of quotas for fixed-rate electricity generated from renewable energy sources, as follows, effective April 1, 2022 for applicants with projects based on permanently renewable sources (biomass, biogas, synthesis gas and hydropower); from April 8, 2022 for applicants with projects based on wind energy and from April 15, 2022 for applicants with projects based on solar energy. Pursuant to statutory provisions in this area, ANRE approved fixed tariffs and ceiling prices for electricity generated from renewable energy sources on February 25. The limit, the maximum capacity quotas for each category and part of the technology were previously approved by Government Decision of December 8, 2021. Thus, ANRE will confirm the status of non-discriminatory eligible producer within the quotas established by the government, viz. for wind turbines up to 15 MW, of which: large wind turbines, 12 MW; small wind turbines, 3 MW; for solar photovoltaic installations within the quota of 70 MW, of which: building-based photovoltaic installations, 50 MW; photovoltaic installations other than those installed on buildings, 20 MW; for biogas-based cogeneration installations up to the quota of 100 MW, of which: cogeneration plants based on biogas (obtained by using the energy potential of manure, livestock waste, agricultural waste, agricultural crops, energy plants, food industry waste, including the mixture between them) - 45 MW; cogeneration plants on biogas obtained by burning municipal solid waste - 45 MW; cogeneration plants based on biogas produced by recycling liquid municipal waste/wastewater - 10 MW; for CHP plants based on synthesis gas within the quota of 15 MW; for direct combustion cogeneration plants within the quota of 30 MW; for hydropower plants within the quota of 5 MW. // 16.05.2022 – InfoMarket
