Support scheme for prosumers
Updated: 09.01.2019
Author: Support scheme for prosumers
The state supports prosumers (individual consumers of energy who produce energy in small installations) in production for own purposes (and not for profits). There is no fixed tariff but the prosumers are allowed to exchange the surplus of energy produced by favourable conditions for gaps in energy production in the future in relation 1 to 0.8 in the case of micro-installations with capacity up to 10 kW and 1 to 0.7 in the case of micro-installations with capacity above 10 kW (but below 50 kW).
Eligible technologies
Micro-installations other than using agricultural biogas or bioliquids (RES-Act, Art. 4).
Wind energy | Eligible. |
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Solar energy | Eligible. |
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Biogas | Eligible except for agricultural biogas. |
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Biomass | Eligible. |
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Addressees
Individual persons, public institutions, enterprises.
Procedure
Process flow | The prosumer signs a complex agreement with the energy seller. The seller calculates the difference between the produced and consumed energy. |
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Competent authority | Energy Regulatory Office (URE) |
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Distribution of costs
Consumers | The costs of the subsidy scheme are borne by the final consumers of electricity. |
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Distribution mechanism | The costs are transferred to the consumers through the price of electricity. |
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