2023-10-13 12:38:13
The state energy officers want pipeline projects that are essential for the energy transition to be accelerated. At their conference on Friday, objections should only have a suspensive effect in exceptional cases. State Councilor Markus Achleitner (ÖVP). They demanded a “clear roadmap and suitable framework conditions” for grid expansion and simpler PV funding from Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens).
At their conference in Zillertal, the energy representatives from the federal states agreed that the approval process for energy transition projects should be made faster. It’s regarding a reversal of the burden of proof, as it also exists in the trade regulations, explained Achleitner. “Specifically, in the future, a suspensive effect should only be granted in exceptional cases, where there is ‘demonstrable danger’,” he said. The background to his initiative is the threatened delay of the 220 kV line by the Upper Austrian government. Central room, which, among other things, is intended to enable voestalpine’s electric steel production. The Federal Administrative Court decided this week that complaints once morest the positive EIA decision have a suspensive effect – the state of Upper Austria had previously seen things differently.
“The expansion of renewable energy sources and the restructuring of our energy system requires a modern infrastructure and investments in the expansion of the power grids,” emphasized Gewessler and the host, Tyrol’s energy consultant LHStv. Josef Geisler (ÖVP) at the conference. “We must make a joint effort to ensure that the network infrastructure keeps pace with the expansion of the renewable energy sources PV and wind, which fluctuate greatly in production, the increased use of heat pumps and the increasing number of electric cars,” said Geisler.
The states also pushed for simplifications and more transparency in federal PV funding. For small systems up to 20 kWp, applications should be able to be submitted at any time and should not be limited to deadlines or short time frames. And the federal government was asked to let the “skimming of alleged excess profits of the state energy companies” expire at the end of the year, because the suppliers would need the money to quickly implement the energy transition.
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