The stop to incentives for ground mounted PV systems, established by art. 65 of Decree n. 1/2012, better known as “liberalization decree,” may be revised by the Government.
The industry, after what has been learned, was launched in several protests and, at the end, it seems that the Ministers have yielded.
We are talking about article 65, which had alarmed associations and companies and on which it is pronounced Undersecretary for Environment Tullio Fanelli, who spoke of the idea of the government to change it. This article of the decree on liberalizations blocks the provision of incentives for owners of photovoltaic systems on land placed in agricultural areas, while encouraging the installation of buildings or greenhouses. It is precisely such PV systems that, for the insiders, would lead to total chaos and created countless speculation. The contents of the decree has caused numerous complaints, while the Minister of Agriculture Mario Catania tried to ensure very strict controls.
Article. 65 is also in conflict with the provisions of the Renewable Decree of 2011, which instead gave incentives for these facilities as long as they were entering into service by March 29, 2012, their approval process was already completed successfully or the application was submitted by January 1, 2011. Article. 65 is therefore a rule retroactive, which removes any certainty to the owners of these plants, which have invested time and money thanks to the Renewable Decree 2011.
Senate Environment Committee is now working and the Decree on Liberalizations will still be discussed and revised.
Certainly the removal of incentives for ground mounted PV systems is a strong signal to direct the development of PV on the roofs of buildings preserving the soil consumption and constraining access to incentives on the part of speculators.
The environmental groups really like such direction!
