Vocational training courses have adapted to the green transition and today train electricians, plumbers and refrigeration technicians with the necessary skills to install heat pumps, solar cell systems and the like. The Danish Energy Agency therefore proposes to abolish the special renewable energy approval scheme for fitters. The Danish Energy Agency writes this in a press release.
Vocational training courses for electricians, plumbers and refrigeration technicians currently teach the energy technology skills needed to install small renewable energy systems. The Danish Energy Agency assesses that the EU's requirements for skills have already been met through the existing training courses, and that there is therefore no longer a need for the special approval scheme.
The renewable energy approval scheme was introduced in 2013 as a voluntary scheme to ensure that fitters and installers had sufficient qualifications within, for example, heat pumps, solar heating and biomass boilers. Since then, the technologies have gained widespread acceptance, and both companies and education have adapted.
The abolition of the scheme is proposed to take effect on 1 July 2025. A draft for the repeal of the executive order has been sent for public consultation, and the material is available on the Consultation Portal.
Today, around 1,300 companies are RE-approved. They are inspected by private bodies, while the Danish Safety Technology Authority supervises the inspection bodies. Abolition will eliminate the costs of these ongoing audits, which is expected to result in savings for the business community.
When the scheme ends, it will instead be a requirement to use authorised electrical or plumbing companies that are registered in the Danish Safety Technology Authority's authorisation register in order to obtain subsidies from pools such as the heat pump pool, the building pool and other support schemes. During a transitional period, it will still be possible to use RE-approved companies.
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