BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.2
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
In December 2019, Georgia adopted the Law on Promoting the Production and Use of Energy from Renewable Sources aiming to transpose the renewables acquis, Trend reports via Energy Community Secretariat's annual implementation report.
As reported, the Law sets the basis for the adoption of 2030 targets, the introduction of a market-based support scheme for renewable energy as well as the implementation of other articles from Directive 2009/28/EC.
"The Law prescribes adoption of several acts, some of which were adopted in 2020, including a Rule for accounting the energy received from thermal pumps, Rule on developing minimum requirements for the template for national renewable energy action plans and Rule for normalization of accounting for electricity generated from
hydro energy and wind energy," the report said.
In July 2020, the Georgian Government adopted an act setting a feed-in premium (FiP) at up to 1.5 USc/kWh for hydropower plants with an installed capacity higher than 5 MW.
"According to the act, producers are obliged to sell electricity at the market and they are entitled to receive a FiP if the market price is less than 5.5 USc/kWh. In such a case, the amount of the FiP is the difference between 5,5 USc/kWh and the market price but no more than 1.5 USc/kWh. A EU4Energy Governance project is developing a template for a contractual agreement for this mechanism," the report said.
The net-metering system for self-consumption is implemented in Georgia since 2016. In summer 2020, the installation limit was increased from 100 kW to 500 kW. The scheme is technology-neutral, but most of the existing plants are solar PV.
Georgia should proceed with the adoption of secondary legislation and implementation in line with the 2019 Law and Energy Community law.
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