With the region of Styria considering making PV mandatory on all new buildings, the nation’s Climate Fund will support PV and storage projects in agriculture and forestry. Applications can be submitted by November 2020 – or until the pot is empty.
September 18, 2019 Sandra Enkhardt
New buildings in Styria may soon have to be designed for rooftop solar, with installation mandatory.
From pv magazine Germany.
The regional government of Styria, in southern Austria, is considering a housebuilding reform package which could make PV systems mandatory on the roofs of new buildings.
The policy package proposes mandating building design which would support a kilowatt of solar generation capacity for every unit of roofspace.
The news comes as the Austrian Climate Fund this week opened a rebate scheme for PV and energy storage systems used in agriculture and forestry. The program will offer subsidies for PV systems with a 5-50 kW capacity and for storage systems with a capacity in kilowatt-hours up to three times the generation capacity of the rooftop array.
Backed by a €6 million budget, which may increase next year, applications for subsidy can be made until November 20 next year – or until the funds run out.
How it works
“Only newly installed photovoltaic systems – with and without electricity storage – as well as electricity storage as retrofitting for existing photovoltaic systems will be subsidized,” stated the Climate Fund. “The installation of used PV modules and used power storage is not encouraged.”
The subsidy available is €275 per installed kW and €375 for building-integrated PV systems. For storage systems the rebate available per kilowatt-hour of usable capacity ranges from €350 for the smallest units – with a capacity up to 5 kWh – to €250 for the largest (20 kWh and above).
Applications must be submitted online and payments will be made after project installation.
Federal association Photovoltaic Austria (PVA) welcomed the new fund. “Especially for electricity storage systems, the investment costs per kilowatt-hour decrease with increasing storage size. Therefore, the staggering of the subsidy rate depending on the storage size guarantees a very efficient use of the subsidies,” said PVA managing director Vera Immitzer.
The Climate Fund in Austria also promotes the general installation of small PV systems, with a capacity of up to 5 kW. High demand means the subsidy budget has already been raised several times this year and amounts to more than €8 million. The PVA has criticized the process of augmenting the budget and said supplying sufficient funds to start with would allow applicants to plan better.
Mkoa wa Styria unafikiria kufanya PV lazima kwenye majengo yote mapya, Mfuko wa Hali ya Hewa wa taifa utasaidia miradi ya PV na uhifadhi katika kilimo na misitu. Maombi yanaweza kuwasilishwa kabla ya Novemba 2020 au hadi chungu kitakapokuwa tupu. "Sandra Enkhart, Mkurugenzi wa Ujenzi wa Styria, alisema: ""Makazi mapya ya Styria yanaweza kuundwa kwa jua la paa, na ufungaji ni wa lazima." "Kutoka kwa gazeti la ""P.V. Germany""" Serikali ya mkoa wa Styria, kusini mwa Austria, inazingatia mfuko wa mageuzi ya ujenzi wa nyumba ambayo inaweza kufanya mifumo ya PV ya lazima kwenye paa za majengo mapya. Mpangilio wa sera unapendekeza kuamuru muundo wa jengo ambao ungeunga mkono kilowati moja ya uwezo wa uzalishaji wa jua kwa kila kitengo cha nafasi ya paa. Mfuko wa Hali ya Hewa wa Austria (AUCF) umeanzisha mpango wa punguzo kwa mifumo ya kuhifadhi nishati ya PV na nishati inayotumika katika kilimo na misitu. Programu hiyo itatoa ruzuku kwa mifumo ya PV yenye uwezo wa 5 kW hadi 50 kW na kwa mifumo ya kuhifadhi yenye uwezo wa kilowatt-saa hadi mara tatu ya uwezo wa uzalishaji wa safu ya paa. Kwa bajeti ya € 6 milioni, ambayo inaweza kuongezeka mwaka ujao, maombi ya ruzuku yanaweza kufanywa hadi Novemba 20 mwaka ujao au hadi fedha zitakapokwisha. Jinsi inavyofanya kazi <unk>Mifumo ya fotovoltaic iliyowekwa hivi karibuni tu <unk> na bila kuhifadhi umeme <unk> pamoja na kuhifadhi umeme kama kurekebisha kwa mifumo ya fotovoltaic iliyopo itasaidiwa, <unk> alisema Mfuko wa Hali ya Hewa. "Usanidi wa moduli za PV zilizotumika na kuhifadhi nguvu zilizotumika hauhimiziwi. ""Ufadhili unaopatikana ni € 275 kwa kW iliyowekwa na € 375 kwa mifumo ya PV iliyojumuishwa katika jengo." Kwa mifumo ya kuhifadhi, punguzo la kila kilowatt-saa ya uwezo unaotumika linatofautiana kutoka € 350 kwa vitengo vidogo zaidi - na uwezo wa hadi 5 kWh - hadi € 250 kwa kubwa zaidi - na zaidi ya 20 kWh. Maombi lazima kuwasilishwa online na malipo itafanywa baada ya mradi ufungaji. Shirika la Shirikisho la Photovoltaic Austria (PVA) lilikaribisha mfuko huo mpya. <unk>Hasa kwa ajili ya mifumo ya kuhifadhi umeme, gharama za uwekezaji kwa kilowatt-saa kupungua na kuongeza ukubwa wa kuhifadhi. Kwa hiyo, staggering ya kiwango cha ruzuku kulingana na ukubwa wa kuhifadhi inahakikisha matumizi ya ufanisi sana ya ruzuku, "alisema PVA mkurugenzi mtendaji Vera Immitzer. Mfuko wa Hali ya Hewa wa Austria pia unaendeleza usakinishaji wa jumla wa mifumo midogo ya PV, na uwezo wa hadi 5 kW. Kwa sababu ya mahitaji makubwa, bajeti ya ruzuku tayari imeongezeka mara kadhaa mwaka huu na inazidi € 8 milioni. PVA imekosoa mchakato wa kuongeza bajeti na kusema kutoa fedha za kutosha kuanza na itawawezesha waombaji kupanga vizuri.