Hardly anyone likes the draft of the Fifth Energy Bill. Here's what's wrong according to insiders
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himfifth energy tale. The draft of the text of the decree begins. The expected system of incentives for photovoltaics seems to have disappointed all, but precisely all the expectations of the insiders, and not just because of cuts already announced for some time. It will not be only the investments to be allocated to the photovoltaic, but also the rates and spending limits.
According to the provisions of the draft of the fifth energy account, the incentives will apply from 1 ° July 2012, in the event that the indicative cumulative annual cost of the incentives for photovoltaics of the previous energy account, the Quarto, has already reached 6 billion euros a year for at least 30 days.
But they don't like them associations the news of the new incentive system. Firstly, starting from 30 June 2012 or in any case from the moment in which the 6 billion mark is reached, the tariffs for photovoltaics will be reduced by 35% for all types of systems. And this situation will last until the second half of 2014. Via also all i Awards, first of all those intended to replace the covers containing Eternit.
And then there are the infamous 500 million euros: 100 million for each semester, from now until 2014. And if on the one hand it is true that in this way, the load on electricity bills should not exceed 6,5 billion euros. , on the other there are already beyond 9.000 MW of approved projects and already registered in the GSE register, which if implemented in a short time would absorb the entire quota.
Another novelty is the registration for all plants at Register, excluding those with power below 12 kW. And whoever requests the registration will be obliged to pay € 5 for each kW power of the plant that you want to register. These figures will not be returned even if you do not fall into the rankings. Furthermore, after 20 days from the opening, which lasts 60 days, the Energy Services Operator will make these rankings public and those who come back have the obligation to build the system within one year of publication. E among the requirements to be registered in the ranking, it will not be possible to build plants on agricultural land, but only on the roofing of greenhouses or other warehouses for agricultural use.
And the associations they did not like the points introduced by the new energy account at all. Wednesday 18th April one is expected mass mobilization in Rome, in Piazza Montecitorio to protest against the danger of the photovoltaic block.
"The introduction of registers also for small plants risks killing an entire industrial sector, but there are also obvious incomprehensible distortions of detail such as the fact that the reward system has not been confirmed for those who, by installing photovoltaics on roofs, reclaim them from asbestos which for decades has continued to be a silent killer and increasingly dangerous for the environment and health "commented the Senator of the Democratic Party Francesco Ferrante: "In the drafting of the umpteenth energy account on photovoltaics, an adequate comparison with the representation of the sector was lacking, and the text discounted a whole series of critical issues that seriously risk undermining the excellent results achieved in terms of CO2 reduction, jobs and with a view to reducing energy tariffs “. It would therefore have been fundamental to listen to associations.
But there is more. According to Ferrante "among the aspects that I believe the State-Regions Conference should correct there is certainly the confirmation of a measure that has made it possible in recent years to reclaim approximately 12 million square meters of roofs, which were covered with asbestos and which now instead they host 1100 megawatts of clean electricity “.
And what about the correct disposal of asbestos? His incentive linked to the installation of photovoltaics has so far been a virtuous system which, according to the senator, has made up for "20 years of regulatory vacuum, that is, since the material was declared outlawed, but without providing for the obligation to reclaim buildings ".
“We need to change the paradigm - declared the President Anie / Gifi, Christmas. - Photovoltaics is a huge opportunity to be seized without hesitation. The Government, with the decree, instead of disinhibiting the sustainable development of the sector, has laid the foundations for the rapid dissolution of the national supply chain. In this way, the investments made and the 6 billion annual expenditure already committed for the next 20 years are nullified ”.
concludes Christmas: “To date it is still necessary to support the production of photovoltaic energy with adequate incentives. The incentive serves to lead technology towards full competitiveness and allow the country system to enjoy the relative benefits, whether they are of an energy type or of an occupational, economic, environmental and health nature. "
Francesca Mancuso
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