The Fifth Energy Account has paralyzed the photovoltaic market and put the associated industrial sector at risk of closure. From the stage of Ecomondo, the President of the Ifi Committee Alessandro Cremonesi attacks the incentive system in force since 27 August, and now nearing its end
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Il fifth energy tale has paralyzed the market of PV and the industrial sector linked to it was at risk of closure. From the Ecomondo stage, the President of the Ifi Committee Alessandro Cremonesi attacks the system of incentives in force since 27 August, and now nearing its end.
The bonuses in favor of photovoltaics, we remind you, they will run out once they reach 6,7 billionthe. The Energy Services Operator's meter currently reads 6,47 billion.
According to Cremonesi, photovoltaics was put in difficulty by the Fifth Energy Account: "Over half of the associated companies have production lines stopped, a sign that the V Conto Energia, in force since last August 27th, generated a freeze in demand, with a dramatic repercussion on the national industrial sector “.
Because? The Ifi Committee attributes the block to excessive conditioning bureaucratic linked to the obligation to use the Register mechanism for plants over 12 kW, the uncertainty of investments due to the limited number of rankings and the opening of the Registers every six months. But also to the credit block and the vertical collapse of the incentives themselves. “The Contatore del V Conto Energia gives objective signs of market paralysis and this dramatically reflects on the business continuity of the national industries engaged in the production of the main components: cells, modules, inverters” explains the IFI Committee in a press release. According to the figures of the Gse, with the fifth energy account, the number of new incentivized plants is 11.621, with an installed power of 1.008.929 kW and an annual cost of approximately 97 million euros.
And the damage also affects theoccupation. According to Cremonesi, the new system is seriously threatening some 2.000 skilled jobs: “Are we talking about the future of renewables at Ecomondo? It is okay to discuss the market prospects, but let's start immediately with concrete measures to protect and promote national industries: those that invested less than five years ago in technology and skilled work, which confidently reconverted their activities, but which still they must amortize the investments made due to the effects generated by this little industrial and short-sighted policy for national companies in the sector. "
The Minister of the Environment does not seem to be of the same opinion Corrado Clini, which yesterday has inaugurated the new photovoltaic system built on the pavilions of the Rimini exhibition center: "The system stands alone, without incentives that keep him standing. It is the demonstration that it can be done " he said.
But it is not only the energy account that has penalized photovoltaics. According to the IFI Committee, the China's dumping practices, against which both the United States and Europe have moved, certainly did not make the life of the workers in the sector easier.
Francesca Mancuso
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