ANALYSIS: Solar asks EC to help stop retroactive changes

A broad coalition of international PV groups has pleaded with the European Commission (EC) to help soften or reverse the recent outbreak of laws seeking to claw back money and support pledged to solar-energy installations.

Over the past few months, a number of key European solar markets have seen the introduction of new laws intending to curb PV installations and the public outlays they require. Other countries have indicated their desire to do so.

For example, Greece recently stopped authorising all new PV systems larger than 10kW – leaving an estimated 7.5GW of development-stage projects in limbo – while also imposing a retroactive tax on existing renewables assets.

Several weeks ago the Flemish part of Belgium implemented a new “grid fee” for small projects benefiting from net-metering, while…

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