It should be easier for the Danish regions and municipalities to have solar panels installed on public buildings. This is the opinion of Danish Regions, which wants a special rule regarding the installation of solar panels removed. And according to Ingeniøren, all mayors have, in a letter addressed to all new members of parliament shortly before Christmas, asked the parliament to remove bureaucracy and unnecessary rules that block solar panels on municipal roofs.
Since June 30, 2021, municipalities and regions have been subject to a requirement that they must establish a special company in order to be able to install and operate solar panels. But it has completely put an end to the establishment of new plants, says Danish Regions.
- In 2023, new measures will be introduced that will make it easier to set up new solar cell plants, but unfortunately we can see that the requirement for company separation will not disappear, says Mads Duedahl (V), chairman of the Danish Regions' Committee for Environment and Climate and chairman of the regional council in the North Jutland Region.
- We are both annoyed and incomprehensible about this, because we are of the clear conviction that it would be less bureaucratic and more profitable for us to invest in solar cells if it were removed.
The rules are blocking
From 2013 to 2021, the regions established several solar cell plants. But since the new rules came into force, according to Danish Regions, no more plants have been installed in either the Capital Region, North Jutland or South Jutland.
- In Danish Regions, we have a lot of unused areas such as the roofs of our hospitals and administration buildings, and there it would make perfect sense to install solar cells to benefit the green transition, but the rules have meant that we have been charged fees, and this has made it too expensive for us to invest in solar cells.
- It is a shame, when we have otherwise worked ambitiously with the green transition, that Christiansborg is helping to slow us down in this way, says Mads Duedahl.
Danish Regions will now contact Danish politicians and the new Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagard, in an attempt to get the rules changed.
/ritzau/cwa
Edit: 2nd sentence with quote from Ingeniøren about all mayors and ditto addition in subheading added 29.12. at 11.30
Text, graphics, images, sound, and other content on this website are protected under copyright law. DK Medier reserves all rights to the content, including the right to exploit the content for the purpose of text and data mining, cf. Section 11b of the Copyright Act and Article 4 of the DSM Directive.
Customers with IP agreements/major customer agreements may only share Danish Offshore Industry articles internally for the purpose of handling specific cases. Sharing in connection with specific cases refers to journaling, archiving, or similar uses.
Customers with a personal subscription/login may not share Danish Offshore Industry articles with individuals who do not themselves have a personal subscription to Danish Offshore Industry.
Any deviation from the above requires written consent from DK Medier.
