Feed-in tariffs are a measure taken to promote electricity production from renewable sources and are the most applied such measure in Europe and the world.
Electricity producers generating electricity from renewable sources and having the status of eligible producers are paid an incentive price in kn/kWh for the electricity supplied.Under the Tariff System for the Production of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources and Cogeneration purchase contracts incorporating the incentive price are signed with HROTE for a period of 12 years.
The feed-in tariffs are divided according to plant capacity and the limit is 1 MW.
| Plant type |
2009 |
2010 |
under
1 MW |
above
1 MW |
under
1 MW |
above
1 MW |
| solar |
|
|
|
|
| solar power plants of installed capacity up to and including 10 kW |
3.70 |
- |
3.77 |
- |
| solar power plants of installed capacity greater than 10 kW up to and including 30 kW |
3.27 |
- |
3.33 |
- |
| solar power plants of installed capacity greater than 30 kW |
2.29 |
- |
2.33 |
- |
| hydro* |
0.75 |
|
0.77 |
|
| energy up to and including 5000 MWh generated in a calendar year |
- |
0.75 |
- |
0.77 |
| energy greater than 5000 MWh up to and including 15000 MWh generated in a calendar year |
- |
0.6 |
- |
0.61 |
| energy above 15000 MWh generated in a calendar year |
- |
0.46 |
- |
0.47 |
| wind |
0.70 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
0.72 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| biomass |
|
|
|
|
| solid biomass from forestry and agriculture (tree branches, straw, fruit stones…) |
1.31 |
1.13 |
1.33 |
1.15 |
| solid biomass from wood processing industry (bark, sawdust, chaff...) |
1.03 |
0.9 |
1.05 |
0.92 |
| geothermal |
1.37 |
1.37 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| biogas from agricultural crops (corn silage...), and organic, agricultural and food industry waste (corn silage, manure, meat packaging waste, biofuel production waste…) |
1.31 |
1.13 |
1.33 |
1.15 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| liquid biofuel |
0.39 |
0.39 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| landfill gas and gas from water treatment plants |
0.39 |
0.39 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| other renewable sources (tidal waves, etc.) |
0.65 |
0.54 |
0.67 |
0.55 |
| *installed capacity of up to and including 10 MW. Up to 1 MW the tariff is independent of production, above 1 MW it depend on annual electricity production. |
The amount of tariffs also depends on the share of the domestic component in a project and on the annual price adjustment, the details of which can be found in the Tariff System for Electricity Production from Renewable Sources and Cogeneration.