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PV will be mandatory in Baden-Württemberg from 2022. This makes it the first federal state to require photovoltaic systems on private and public non-residential buildings. Joachim Goldbeck, Managing Director of GOLDBECK SOLAR, sees this development as positive, but also points out the challenges that still lie ahead.
Baden-Württemberg is one of the pioneers when it comes to climate protection, but still lags behind when it comes to generating electricity from renewable energies. The PV obligation for non-residential buildings is set to change this from 2022. The solar obligation will initially only apply to new buildings in private and public non-residential buildings. This was agreed by the coalition partners CDU and the Greens in May. Baden-Württemberg’s Environment Minister Franz Untersteller sees this as a compromise. He and his party would have liked to include residential buildings in the solar obligation. For Joachim Goldbeck, however, the compromise is already a step in the right direction: “Although the PV obligation initially only applies to commercial and industrial buildings, the potential for green energy generation is huge here alone. The decision is therefore a good start, as it will direct investors’ attention back to photovoltaics.”
However, the agreement is not the end of the story. “Now the state parliament still has to pass the new climate protection law,” says Joachim Goldbeck. At the same time, the question arises as to whether the electricity from the PV systems should then be consumed or fed into the grid. “It is most economical if the electricity generated is also consumed directly. In the commercial sector, generation and consumption are usually simultaneous. This question is therefore less important at the beginning,” explains Joachim Goldbeck. “Only when the PV obligation also applies to residential buildings will the EEG remuneration come more to the fore in order to maintain profitability.” Until then, however, there is still a lot of work to be done by politicians, according to Goldbeck. “The exact requirements must be scheduled so that the solar obligation can be implemented consistently from 2022.” The next federal state, Hamburg, will follow one year later. “The nationwide PV obligation remains a major goal. It is another important building block for achieving the climate targets.”
