RES project applications being submitted to power grid operator IPTO by investors, for grid capacity reservations, have continued at an alarming rate, resulting in an enormous and unrealistic wave of applications representing a total of roughly 42 GW, energypress sources have informed.

The applications concern more than 1,700 prospective RES units holding either producer certificates or production licenses and representing an overall capacity of 34.1 GW, as well as group applications representing 7.9 GW in prospective RES units, the sources noted.

In addition to these grid capacity-reservation applications totaling 42 GW, 15 GW in RES units currently under development have received finalized connection offers, while 10.6 GW in RES units are operating, according to IPTO’s updated ten-year development program covering 2024 to 2033.

This essentially means that RES projects representing an overall capacity of 67.6 GW have either secured grid reservations or submitted applications for reservations.

Quite clearly, a large number of the 42-GW in RES projects for which grid-reservation requests have been submitted will not be developed. The upgraded National Energy and Climate Plan for 2050 has set a 54.4-GW target for installed capacity covering photovoltaics, onshore wind farms, combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) projects, biomass-biogas plants, and small-scale hydropower plants.