“Unlocks” the installation photovoltaic In public spaces of apartment buildings with a new arrangement of the Ministry of Environment and Energy submitted to the House, with which both the owners and the market agree.

This is Article 58 of the bill to promote biomethane production and the organization of the hydrogen production market, which provides, inter alia: “For the installation of renewable energy stations and self -consumption storage systems, which act together in public spaces, which include more than one -year -olds, Surface of the shared roof, the decisions of the general assemblies of co -owners are taken by the absolute majority of 51% corresponding to co -ownership rates. “

In the current context, the installation of photovoltaics in public areas, that is, practically on the terraces of apartment buildings, requires the consent of the total (100 %) of co -owners, a percentage that is difficult to achieve. Especially when beneficiary is only the person concerned to install the photovoltaic or even when a space is bound to which a solar water heater could be installed. An additional obstacle are the outdated regulations of apartment buildings, the majority of which were drafted when there was not even photovoltaic technology.

The new regulation facilitates the installation of photovoltaic by limiting the required majority to 51 %, provided that the investment concerns a collective self -consumption system (ie at least two tenants of the building) and that the installation will not cover more than 40 % of the common surface. One of the “keys” of the arrangement is also that photovoltaics will be installed by more than one consumers.

The “welcome” characterizes the regulation by Mr. Stelios Psomas, a “green” expert, noting that if this provision does not work, the measure of collective self -consumption will not be implemented in practice as a tool for reducing energy costs. The Federation of Real Estate Owners (POMIDA) also expressed its agreement with the regulation.