“As of January 1, 2014, the new wind power plants starting operation will receive 1.5 green certificates per MWh instead of two, solar farms will get three instead of six and hydropower plants will get 2.3 certificates instead of three. The modification only applies to new projects and does not add to the modifications in force since July 1,” explained Niculae Havrilet, ANRE chairman.
The already operational green power generation facilities have already gone through a modification of the scheme in early July, when the government decided to defer awarding a number of certificates depending on the technology used to generate power until 2017-2020.
The new change of a support scheme that spurred an investment boom during the crisis years, attracting EUR4.5 billion investments, means wind farms and small hydropower plants starting operation on or after January 1, 2014 will get more green certificates than the already operational projects.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)