Feed-in Tariff
Updated: 10.01.2019
Author: Tim Sternkopf
The public supplier is obliged to purchase electricity from renewable energy sources for a tariff set by the Energy Regulatory Office.
The tariff as well as the duration of the incentive period vary among technologies.
Eligible technologies
Preferential tariffs are provided for solar PV, wind, small hydro power and biomass. Annual capacity limits for each technology are defined (Decision on FiT).
Wind energy | Eligible (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
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Solar energy | Eligible (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
Hydro-power | Eligible (Decision on FiT, No. VI). |
Biomass | Eligible (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
Amount
The Decision on feed-in tariff (FiT) adopted by the Energy Regulatory Office on 19 May 2016 defines technology-specific tariffs for wind energy, solar PV, small hydro power and solid biomass.
Solar energy | € 136.4 per MWh (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
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Hydro-power | € 67.47 per MWh (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
Biomass | € 71.30 per MWh (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
Wind energy | € 85 per MWh (Decision on FiT, No. VI) |
Addressees
Entitled party: Energy enterprises generating electricity from renewable energy sources.
Obliged party: Public supplier
Procedure
Process flow | The applicant applies at the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) which determines if the applicant is eligible for the support scheme (Decision on FiT, No. XII and XIII). The Notification on the Decision for Preliminary Authorisation and the final authorisation issued by the ERO, which determines the admission to the Support Scheme, automatically guarantees the Feed-in Tariff (Decision on FiT, No. XIV). The electricity producer eligible for the support scheme concludes a power purchase agreement and sells the generated electricity to the public supplier (Rule on Support Scheme, Art. 11). |
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Competent authority | Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) |
Cap
The following capacity restrictions for the admission to the support scheme apply (Decision on FiT, No. VIII):
- Solar PV: less or equal to 3 MW
- Solid biomass: less or equal to 14 MW
- Wind: less or equal than 35 MW
- Small hydro: less or equal than 10 MW
In the National Renewable Energy Action Plan, the capacity and electricity production targets for the different technologies for 2020 are defined as follows (4.3. h RE Action Plan):
- Solar PV: 37 GWh / 30 MW
- Wind: 350 GWh / 173.8 MW
- Hydro: 706 GWh / 124.1 MW
The Support through FIT of electricity generation from RES is not conditioned by any energy efficiency criteria (4.3. i RE Action Plan).
Eligibility period
The power purchase agreement for hydro energy and solid biomass is signed for 10 years whereas for solar PV and wind energy it is signed for 12 years (Decision on FiT, No. IX).
Distribution of costs
Consumers | Consumers bear the costs of the feed-in tariff through a specific charge on the services of the system operators. |
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Distribution mechanism |
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