PV LEGAL
The overall goal of the PV LEGAL project (July 2009 – February 2012) was to overcome legal-administrative barriers during planning and installation processes (including grid connection) of photovoltaic (PV) systems. The project consortium aimed at improving the framework conditions for PV in Europe and to allow for faster and more efficient market development in the various countries.
Legal-administrative barriers are among the main obstacles in several European countries impeding a quicker PV technology deployment. Although many countries have already implemented favourable PV support policies, when it comes to constructing PV projects, bureaucracy and highly complex procedures and requirements (i.e. notification, registration, licensing, environmental impact assessment, etc.) hamper installation processes significantly. As a result, the development and the sustainable establishment of solar markets in many European countries is unnecessarily delayed. During the project duration progress has been achieved which can be viewed at www.pvlegal.eu/en/results/progresses.
BSW-Solar coordinated this successful project which is funded by the European Commission within the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme. BSW-Solar received additional co-financing through Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt. In September 2011 the key recommendations of the project where published (www.pvlegal.eu/en/results/key-recommendations) while the final report of the project offers a comprehensive overview of the project, its results and recommendations (www.pvlegal.eu/en/results/status-reports).
An extensive database, listing legal-administrative barriers for PV system installations can be found here www.pvlegal.eu/database
