Two pending issues currently blocking solar panels, with or without batteries, from being installed on apartment block rooftops are expected to be fully resolved by the end of the year, energypress sources have informed.

The issue is expected to be high on the agenda of the new energy ministry to emerge from the legislative election’s second round of voting on June 25.

The first issue that needs to be addressed concerns the level of consent required by an apartment block’s flat owners so that interested owners may install solar panels on the property’s rooftop.

At present all flat owners need to offer their consent before any solar panel installations can be made. Market officials want the level of consent required to be reduced to 51 percent.

In addition, further clarification is needed on how self-consumption of electricity would be shared by flat owners if solar panel systems are installed on apartment block rooftops.