2023-08-03 14:23:10
Grid access by 2030 biggest hurdle for PV expansion in Austria – E-Control action plan important, but only the first small step
Vienna (OTS) – The Bundesverband Photovoltaic Austria (PV Austria) is calling for the rapid adoption of a modern Electricity Industry Act (ElWG). Vera Immitzer, Managing Director of PV Austria, sees the “collaboration” presented today by PV Austria, the Ministry of Climate Protection and E-Control to remove hurdles in the expansion of PV as a “first important step, which must be quickly followed by concrete legal framework conditions”. Specifically, Immitzer demands transparency in the available feed-in capacities, clear and comprehensible expansion plans for the grids and more flexibility in grid operation.
Measures in the E-Control action plan must be put into practice quickly. For every second measure, according to the PV Austria managing director Immitzerthis can only be achieved via a modern ElWG.
“Regardless of whether for PV systems on the roof, in the facade or in the open space – the grids are the biggest hurdle for the expansion of renewable solar energy in Austria,” says Immitzer. “If Austria wants to achieve the energy transition, then this bottleneck must be eliminated quickly. We need more powerful grids and reliable framework conditions for households and companies that rely on photovoltaics.”
62 percent see grid access as a bottleneck for PV expansion
Project applicants wait between two weeks and four months for a metering point or the feed-in permit – inconsistent and long waiting times, little flexibility and insufficient grid capacity are currently the order of the day: 62 percent of the members of PV Austria see the grids as the largest for the period up to 2030 Bottleneck for the PV expansion in Austria.
About the Federal Association Photovoltaic Austria (PV Austria)
The Bundesverband Photovoltaic Austria is the competent, institutional contact for photovoltaics as a mainstay in the energy supply. It is the voluntary and non-partisan interest group for improving the framework conditions for photovoltaics and electricity storage in Austria, along the entire value chain (production, trade and commerce). More information online at:
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