The Romanian government published new technical regulations for energy storage on Jan. 18. The secondary regulations are the first such technical rules in Romania. They will support primary legislation dating back to the 2012-13 period, which already has some provisions for storage deployment.
“So far, there were no technical parameters for what storage installations should observe,” Daniel Vlasceanu, partner at Romanian law firm Vlăsceanu & Partners, told pv magazine. “The legal framework regulating technical aspects simply did not exist. As such, there are no storage systems implemented for large wind or PV projects to date – neither next to an existing power plant, nor on a standalone basis.”
He said the new regulations should help investors, as they will now know what equipment to buy and install. “Of course, a lot more is needed in order to prepare a complete business case,” he added.
The new rules establish four project categories with capacities between 800 kW and 1 MW, between 1 MW and 5 MW, between 5 MW and 20 MW, and above 20 MW.
“A few years ago,whenthesecondwave of renewableswas only emerging,there were interpretations thatany added storage capacity would have to becounted against thecapacity permittedunder the technical connectionpermit (ATR),” Vlasceanu explained. “Itis now clear(fromseveralprovisions spread underthenew legislation that storage installations can be added toa project having obtained already an ATR, or even a connection certificate,without amendment tothepermitted capacity.”
For installations smaller than 800 kW, storage system owners will reportedly be granted unspecified exemptions. The new rules for storage follow a series of legislative changes aimed at expanding the share of renewables in the country's electricity mix. They include a reduction of value-added tax (VAT) on residential solar, faster permitting processes for PV plants on agricultural land, and new provisions to simplify the grid-connection process for renewable projects below 10.8 kW in size.
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