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Brandenburg municipalities can expect additional income from the “Solar Euro” in the future.
If a photovoltaic system is built, the operators will have to pay a special levy in the future.
However, the passed law is not without controversy.
Potsdam - The municipalities in Brandenburg will in future be involved in the operation of solar systems with a “Solar Euro”.
The state parliament in Potsdam passed a law on Thursday that will introduce a special levy from 2025.
The operators of a solar system have to pay 2,000 euros per megawatt of output per year for newly installed systems on open areas.
The money is intended to benefit communities and districts with the photovoltaic systems.
The municipalities in Brandenburg are already involved in the operation of wind turbines.
Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach (SPD) said that the “Solar Euro” could help strengthen citizens’ commitment and identification with the energy transition.
The Green Party's energy policy spokesman, Clemens Rostock, described the law as a big step forward.
The opposition factions of the Left, BVB/Free Voters and the AfD did not agree.
After the state parliament's decision, criticism immediately came from the Berlin-Brandenburg Renewable Energy Association.
“This levy weakens the energy industry.
Solar energy generates cheap electricity, which is so important for the people and economy in Brandenburg.
The special levy will seriously endanger some solar projects,” said association chairman Jan Hinrich Glahr.
There is already a regulation for wind power: operators of new wind turbines have to pay a special levy of 10,000 euros per system per year to communities that are completely or partially within a three-kilometer radius.
Brandenburg wants to significantly expand renewable energies.
An installed capacity of solar systems is planned to be 18 gigawatts by 2030 and even 33 gigawatts by 2040.
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