The Ministerial Decree June 23rd 2016 updates the support mechanisms for supporting electricity generation by RES-E plants (other than photovoltaic ones) with a capacity of at least 1 kW that were grated through the MD July 6th 2012.
The incentives covered by the Decree apply to new, totally rebuilt, reactivated, repowered/upgraded or renovated plants which will be commissioned on or after January 1st 2013. The new incentive starts to be granted from June 30th 2016 until 30 days after reaching one of the following dates:
December 1st 2016 for all the plants or, for the plants who access directly to incentives (art. 4, paragraph 3), December 1st 2017 or;
when the indicative cumulative cost of all types of incentives awarded to RES-E plants (other than photovoltaic ones) reaches an overall value of € 5.8 billion per year.
The Decree defines three different ways of access to the incentives, depending on plant capacity and type of project (art. 4):
1. Direct access for new, totally rebuilt, reactivated or repowered/upgraded plants with a capacity not exceeding a given limit (art. 4, paragraph 3) and using specific types of sources or for special projects;
2. Enrolment into the Registries for new, totally rebuilt, reactivated or repowered/upgraded and renovated plants
3. Awarding of incentives after participation in a competitive Dutch auctions (electronic auctions held by GSE) for new, totally rebuilt, reactivated or repowered/upgraded plants: the capacity of these plants shall exceed a given threshold (5 MW).
To determine the way of access to the incentives for renovated plants, the capacity to be considered corresponds to the increase in capacity obtained as a result of the project.
The total maximum new installed capacity that could be awarded to all technologies through both registries and auctions is 1.370 MW of which 800 MW for new onshore wind capacity.
Between the communication of the registration and the entry into operation the maximum time gap limit depends of the plant technology. A 6 months delay is allowed before losing the registration, but a 0.5% penalty for each month of delay applies on the applicable tariff. After losing the admission, a new successful application leads in any case to a tariff reduced by 15% on the applicable level.