Law for the promotion of energy production from renewable energy sources , 220/2008
Law 220/2008 provides the legal framework for expanding the production and use of electricity from renewable sources. Objectives include reducing production costs and primary energy imports, balance in national energy use, reduction of pollutant emissions, and providing a financial and operational framework. The law applies to hydropower with an installed capacity of 10MW, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, and fermentation gas from sludge treatment plants delivered to the grid. The law established a framework for a mandatory renewable energy quota system or combined with green certificates trading system at a fixed price. Further it established a target of share of renewable energy sources in final energy consumption to be 33% in 2010, 35% in 2015 and 38% in 2020.
This law has been amended twice. The first amendment 134/2012, adopted on 18 July 2012, introduced changes in reporting protocols and a new category of energy from forest waste within Biomass.
A later amendment, Law 23/2014 (adopted on 14 March 2014) made renewable energy production companies’ use of green certificates conditional on their performance based on national objectives and impact on the end users.
