An energy ministry multi-bill includes a provision abolishing grid-injection upper limits imposed on RES units to maintain a balance between production and demand and help counter local grid congestion. Consultation on the multi-bill ended this morning.

Limits imposed on RES units through legislation ratified in 2022 subjected their grid injections to 5 percent limits of annual production capacity.

According to this limit’s details, the grid operator was not required to offer compensation to RES producers regarding grid-injection restrictions. However, compensation details still need to be clarified.

Under the new terms, the existing 5 percent grid-injection limit will only be maintained for permanent restrictions, as is the case with PVs linked to the grid, facing a 72 percent restriction, and wind energy facilities, permitted to inject 80 percent of capacity between 8am-11am, 65 percent between 11am-3pm, and 80 percent between 3pm-5pm.