{"id":3502493,"date":"2023-01-12T10:16:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/?p=3502493"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:18:08","slug":"austria-commits-to-significant-renewables-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/en\/austria-commits-to-significant-renewables-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria commits to significant renewables boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">During his time as chancellor, Sebastian Kurz set the goal of having Austria run on 100 % renewable electricity. While the ambitious expansion of hydroelectric power had created significant gains in the past, the lack of public acceptance saw the share of renewables stagnate to around 65 % in recent years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Faced with an energy crisis, this is set to change. The government wants to empower Austria and its people to do their active part in driving forward climate and environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Last year was a record year for solar PV installations in Austria, with some 1.3 Gigawatts of capacity being added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">\u201cNow, with the Renewable Expansion Acceleration Act (EABG), we are delivering further extensive improvements for the approval of smaller plants,\u201d explained Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">The new law would mean that small solar PV installations on existing buildings would no longer require a permit. State support for solar projects, which amounted to \u20ac395 million in 2022, will be increased to \u20ac600 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Permitting, a major bottleneck for renewables, will be cut short. This Austria wants to achieve by cutting down on environmental impact assessments. During the procedure, the green energy transition will be considered in the \u201cspecial public interest,\u201d and regular complaints will no longer cause a delay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">If a federal Austrian state fails to conduct spatial energy planning, impact assessments could start without municipalities designating the land fit for purpose \u2013 by running the two processes in parallel; permits should be sped up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Lastly, the conservative-led government wants to boost biogas production. Often a by-product of animal or forestry waste, biogas is considered green. By 2030, Vienna wants production to increase tenfold to 10.5 Terawatt hours per year. Utilities will be forced to blend 11 % biogas into the gas they sell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Source:<\/b> Euractiv<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Change News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3502494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3502493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Austria commits to significant renewables boost - Global Factor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfactor.com\/en\/austria-commits-to-significant-renewables-boost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Austria commits to significant renewables boost - 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