Act establishing premium for electricity generated from wind, hydro, solar, biomass and biogas

Form of the support:

• Ficial bonus (“premium”) paid on top of the feed-in tariff.
• Level of the support depends on the type of the installations
• per each kWh send to the grid.

Technologies eligible and levels of the support:

• Solar PV (<50 kW): EUR 0.45 - 0.50/kWh;
• Wind (< 3 MW): EUR 0.25/kWh;
• Hydro (< 3 MW): EUR 0.25/kWh;
• Biomass (< 3 MW): EUR 0.25/kWh;
• Biogas (< 3 MW): EUR 0.25/kWh;

Systems commissioned:

• between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2005;
• 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2007;

Length of the support:

Solar PV installations receive support for period of 20 years and 10 years for other systems.

Digression:

Digression system is in place for the scheme

Closed for new applications on:

1 March 2008