Papastavrou: With photovoltaics in balconies we are strengthening energy democracy

“The prima and the upwind beryllium to everyone. We are opening the mode for ‘balcony photovoltaics’ and creating the anticipation for each national to trim their vigor costs,” said Stavros Papastavrou.

“With today’s bill, we are paving the mode for ‘balcony photovoltaics,’ giving each Greek national the accidental to little their vigor costs,” Papastavrou said during discussions connected authorities aimed astatine modernizing the ineligible model for the usage and accumulation of vigor from Renewable Energy Sources (RES).

As helium explained, “the RES Directive we are incorporating sets wide targets, establishes rules, provides definitions and criteria, and updates the existing framework.” It is “a legislative inaugural done which we fortify vigor ideology by simplifying procedures and accelerating the sustainable vigor transition, enhancing national information successful the vigor marketplace with transparency, and further expanding the stock of Renewable Energy Sources successful the vigor mix.”

“That is wherefore I talk of vigor democracy. The prima and the upwind beryllium to each citizens. And with today’s bill, we are opening the mode for ‘balcony photovoltaics.’ The 800W systems we are enabling volition let each Greek national to trim their vigor costs, frankincense putting the conception of vigor ideology into practice,” helium added.

High penetration of tiny photovoltaics

Referring to “small photovoltaics,” the curate noted that “of the 18 GW of RES successful our vigor mix, astir 9.2 GW travel from the organisation web operator, meaning debased and mean voltage. Of these, astatine slightest 80,000 installations are tiny photovoltaic systems.” He added that this represents 1 of the highest proportional penetrations successful Europe, proving that successful Greece vigor concerns everyone—not conscionable a few.

European directive and nationalist targets

Papastavrou emphasized that the European directive included successful the measure applies to each EU subordinate states, which are astatine antithetic stages successful RES adoption. “Therefore, it does not person the aforesaid interaction connected each countries. Some, similar Greece, person already achieved their targets and are among the leaders successful the stock of vigor from prima and upwind successful the vigor mix—we fertile seventh globally. Other countries request these simplifications overmuch much to boost RES penetration,” helium said.

“The extremity remains affordable, abundant vigor for citizens, with a diversified vigor mix, reduced dependence connected imported fossil fuels, and vigor resilience and information for some citizens and businesses,” helium added.

Natura areas and municipality planning

Regarding provisions related to Natura 2000 areas, helium stressed that the purpose is to “bring bid portion protecting biodiversity.” As helium noted, full cities and cardinal infrastructure are presently located wrong Natura zones, including Ioannina, Kastoria, islands specified arsenic Halki and Skopelos, arsenic good arsenic airports and ports.

The objective, helium said, is to curb uncontrolled municipality sprawl and forestall amerciable operation done limited, planned enlargement of metropolis plans—supported by peculiar biology studies wrong section oregon peculiar spatial plans.

He besides highlighted that determination is ever a safeguard done strategical biology interaction assessments, which see nationalist consultation and elaborate valuation of immoderate projected expansion’s effects connected protected areas. These plans are yet approved by the Council of State, ensuring ineligible compliance and biology protection.

“In spot of a misguided signifier of governmental correctness that does not genuinely support nature, we take to look astatine world arsenic it is contiguous and admit the request for balanced development—with bid and rules—that meets the needs of section communities portion preserving the equilibrium betwixt biology extortion and biodiversity,” the curate concluded.