From article 65 of the liberalization decree, the elements of retroactivity regarding photovoltaic incentives for agricultural land disappear, and the paragraph that equated photovoltaic greenhouses with systems on buildings also disappears
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himLiberalization decree, deleted the elements of retroactivity of the discussed article 65 which regulates investments linked to photovoltaic on agricultural land. The operators of the sector breathe a sigh, which through the associations had made their voices heard against what had been called the "anti-photovoltaic standard".
According to the provisions of article 65 up to now, for the photovoltaic in agricultural areas there would no longer have been the possibility of accessing the incentives provided for by the Fourth Energy Account, effectively canceling the provisions of article 10 of the Legislative Decree of 3 March 2011 which granted producers one year to put into operation the photovoltaic systems in the fields whose process had already started.
It should be remembered that the Romani decree a year ago he set the limit of 1 MWp and 10% of land use, but only for plants that come into operation after March 28, 2012. Art. 65 of the liberalization decree, in its previous formulation, instead eliminated this condition and had retroactive effect effectively blocking the incentives for plants that have not entered into operation by January 24, 2012. Now there is a condition: the plant must enter into operation within 60 days from the date of entry into force of the law converting the decree. A half victory for the sector insiders.
In addition, installations on greenhouses were authorized. But now, the new changes made to the maxi-amendment have canceled the paragraph that equated the photovoltaic greenhouses to systems on buildings. This is what the Senate Industry Commission established, which yesterday gave the green light to the liberalization decree with its 1.700 amendments filed, which could soon become law.
According to what is read in the document, from the entry into force of the law, article 65 provides in the first place that "solar photovoltaic systems with modules placed on the ground in agricultural areas are not allowed access to state incentives for referred to in the legislative decree 3 March 2011, n. 28 ". But with one exception: in fact, this paragraph will not be applied "to plants built and to be built on land in the availability of military state property and to photovoltaic solar plants with modules located on the ground to be installed in areas classified as agricultural at the date of entry into force of the law of conversion of this decree, who have obtained the qualification by the date of entry into force of the law converting this decree, provided in any case that the plant enters into operation within 180 days from the date of entry into force of the law of conversion of this decree ".
However, the situation that arose a few months ago is different from reality. The Minister of the Environment Clini had in fact announced new measures to encourage agriculture and eliminate the PV from land intended for crops, as confirmed by the Minister of Agricultural Policies, Mario Catania.
Francesca Mancuso
