New regulatory framework of RIS opens the way to installation photovoltaic In public spaces of apartment buildings, with the regulation already submitted to the House, it is consistent with both the owners and the market.
This is Article 58 of the RIS bill to promote biomethane production and the organization of the hydrogen production market that provides, inter alia, on the installation of photovoltaics, that: “For the installation of renewable energy stations and storage systems, which operate in common areas, properties and on a surface of up to 40% of the total surface of the communal roof, the decisions of the general assemblies of the co -owners are taken by the absolute majority of 51% corresponding to co -ownership rates. “
In the current context, the installation of photovoltaics in public areas, that is, practically on the terraces of apartment buildings, requires the consent of the total (100%) of co -owners, a percentage that is difficult to achieve. Especially when beneficiary is only the person concerned to install the photovoltaic or even when a space is bound to which a solar water heater could be installed. An additional obstacle are the outdated regulations of apartment buildings, the majority of which were drafted when there was not even photovoltaic technology.
The new regulation facilitates the installation of photovoltaic by limiting the required majority to 51 %, provided that the investment concerns a collective self -consumption system (ie at least two tenants of the building) and that the installation will not cover more than 40 % of the common surface. One of the “keys” of the arrangement is also that photovoltaics will be installed by more than one consumers.
Mr Stelios Psomas, a “green” expert, is characterized as “welcome”, noting that if this provision does not work, the measure of collective self -consumption will not be implemented in practice as a tool for reducing energy costs. The Federation of Real Estate Owners (POMIDA) also expressed its agreement with the regulation.
Source: RES-EIA