The European Solar PV Industry Alliance (ESIA) has published its recommendations for an effective and practical implementation of non-price criteria (NPCs) for resilience and ESG in solar PV auctions.
These NPCs would apply under the upcoming EU Net Zero Industry Ac, in specific public procurement or public auctions, and within industrial, commercial and residential market segments for solar PV systems.
Empowering EU countries to establish solar resilience auctions
For an EU regulatory environment that allows Member States to apply non price criteria in specific solar PV 'resilience auctions', 'resilient renewable energy support schemes' (consumers), and 'resilience procurement.'
Read the paper
“SolarPower Europe warmly welcomes the new ESIA paper on bonus points and non-price criteria. The paper lays out in detail how to set up targeted resilience auctions, starting with a small part of the market and leaving other auctions free of non-price criteria.
This is what smart industrial policy for solar PV looks like.
It gives clear offtake visibility for EU solar manufacturers while avoiding complexity and bureaucracy for EU solar developers that would impact the accelerating pace of cost-effective solar PV developments.
We strongly suggest policymakers pay attention to this proposal and to amend the Net Zero Industry Act in line with the recommendations in the paper.”
- Dries Acke, Policy Director at SolarPower Europe
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