When the green transition is to pick up speed, it requires new tools in the toolbox. The Danish Parliament added this this week when three bills were passed, which, among other things, allow for more flexible environmental assessments, ensure easier access to appeals and adjust the renewable energy schemes so that more money goes to neighbors and local communities from solar and wind generators.
The legislation has, among other things, implemented the EU's Renewable Energy III Directive, which makes it possible to designate so-called acceleration areas for renewable energy plants and the electricity grid and speed up public authority processes.
In practice, this means that in the future, a strategic environmental assessment can be made in the areas instead of a more comprehensive environmental assessment at project level. The strategic assessment must ensure that considerations for the environment and renewable energy continue to be balanced while saving time.
- Climate action and nature protection can and must go hand in hand. The EU has now made an accelerator available so that the expansion of renewable energy and the necessary energy infrastructure can get up to speed. We must use it carefully and without compromising the rules for nature and environmental protection that we agree on in Denmark and the EU, says Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard (M).
In addition to the implementation of the EU's VEIII directive, the VE scheme has also been adjusted so that VE installers, among other things, must pay larger amounts to the green pool and VE bonus, which will benefit citizens in the municipalities where solar cells and wind turbines are installed. This will contribute to local support for renewable energy on land, which, among other things, is recommended by the government's national energy crisis committee, Nekst.
Faster processing of complaints
In the work to remove barriers to the green transition, the government's national energy crisis committee, Nekst, recommended at the end of 2023 to create a better framework for the processing of complaints, so that slow processes do not hinder the installation of solar cells and wind turbines.
Several of the recommendations have now been implemented through legislative amendments that both give the complaints boards the opportunity to set shorter deadlines for complaints and tighten which elements the complaints boards must address.
- We know that the business community is ready for major investments. But unfortunately, companies are falling into cumbersome bureaucracy, which often hinders green investments worth billions. That is why we now have a much more efficient processing of complaints, so that important green projects on renewable energy are not delayed. This helps to secure the path to achieving our ambitious climate goals, creating growth and jobs while emphasizing Denmark's place as a green leading nation, says Minister of Industry, Trade and Industry, Morten Bødskov (S).
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