L R AS Published on Sunday 20 June 2021 - n° 367 - Categories:European countries
In Brief in Europe: Mandatory PV in Berlin, Austria in 2020, EU aid to Spain, Portugal, Greece
In Brief in Europe: Mandatory PV in Berlin, Austria in 2020, EU aid to Spain, Portugal, Greece
From 2023, all new buildings in Berlin will have to install a PV system on at least 30% of the roof surface. The new provisions of the law apply to all new buildings as well as to major renovations of the roofs of existing buildings with a usable area of more than 50 square metres. Residential buildings will have to have a 2 kW PV system for two flats, 3 kW for residential buildings with three to five flats, and 6 kW systems for six to ten flats.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/18/solar-mandatory-on-new-buildings-in-berlin-from-2023/
Editor's note: This is a start to gradually make all buildings energy producers
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Austria installed 341 MW in 2020 (+38% over 2019) bringing the total volume to over 2 GW. Photovoltaics contributed 3.6% to electricity demand last year.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/18/austria-deployed-341-of-new-pv-in-2020/
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Spain will devote €3.9 billion of European funds to "innovative renewable energies", out of a total of €69.5 billion obtained from the European Commission, to effect the post-Covid economic recovery. Spain will devote 40% of its budget to the Ecological Transition.
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Portugal gets €16.6bn from the Commission (€13.9bn in grants and €2.7bn in loans).
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Greece gets €30.5bn (€17.8bn in loans and €12.7bn in grants)
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/17/spain-to-devote-e3-9bn-of-eu-cash-to-innovative-renewables/
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The new bridge over the River Po in San Mauro Torinese is to be covered with a 70 kW photovoltaic system
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/16/deploying-solar-on-bridges/
