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PV obligation on non-residential buildings in Baden-Württemberg

Environment Minister Franz Untersteller reacted with relief to the agreement reached yesterday by the coalition on the amendment of the Climate Protection Act. The law is to be passed by the state parliament before the summer break and will then replace the previous climate protection law from 2013.

"With this law, we are creating a new basis for forward-looking climate protection in the state. This was and is a core concern of Green environmental policy in this legislative period," said Untersteller.

Entry into the general PV obligation for new buildings

Above all, he said, the agreement on mandatory PV was groundbreaking. "We are the first state to install solar as standard on new non-residential buildings. This is innovative and courageous. It makes building modern and climate protection a matter of course."

In the non-residential sector, for example on warehouses and production halls or car parks, there is enormous potential, said Untersteller. These roof surfaces are made for large systems.

Untersteller sees the PV obligation on non-residential buildings as an introduction to a general PV obligation for new buildings, which he believes must come in the next few years. "Not only in Baden-Württemberg," says Untersteller.

Apart from the boost for solar energy and climate protection, the PV obligation will also secure and create jobs.

Municipal heat planning

Another key element in the new climate protection law will be municipal heating planning, Untersteller continued. The approximately 100 large cities and municipalities, in which about half of the people in Baden-Württemberg live, will be obliged by the law to submit a comprehensive heating plan. "On the basis of such planning, a lot will move and can be moved in the municipalities in the direction of renewable heat. For example, innovative neighbourhood concepts or the expansion of heating networks will make progress," said Untersteller. The costs for the planning will be borne by the state.

"The amendment to the Climate Protection Act will move Baden-Württemberg forward," the Environment Minister affirmed. "We are continuing to develop our climate protection policy and are thus fulfilling our obligation to future generations."

Source: PM of the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Management Baden-Württemberg from 13.05.2020

Further information
www.pv-magazine.de/2020/05/13/baden-wuerttemberg-beschliesst-photovoltaik-pflicht-auf-nicht-wohngebaeuden
respectively
https://taz.de/Photovoltaikpflicht-in-Baden-Wuerttemberg/!5684670/

Examples of settlements and neighbourhoods with solar local heating:
http://sdg21.eu/grosse-solarthermie-anlagen-auf-siedlungen
Construction projects with PV systems:
http://sdg21.eu/thema/oekologie/energie-und-klimaschutz/fotovoltaik


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