Spain
Spain has a FIT law.
The main laws are Real Decreto 661/2007 de 25 de mayo, Real Decreto 1436/2002 from 27 December 2002, and Real Decreto 436/2004 (Establishing the Methodology for the Updating and Systematisation of the Legal and Economic Regime for Electric Power Production Legislation Development of the Spanish Electric Power Act. Vol. 8 (Spanish) (English).
Summary
The basic Spanish legal framework for promoting electricity generated from renewable resources was adopted on November 27, 1997 through the adoption of the Electricity Sector Act (Act 54/1997), which came into force on November 29, 1997. This Act governs generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. The Act sets out both an ordinary regime and a special regime to govern generation of electricity from renewable resources.
Royal Decree 661/2007, of May 25, regulates electricity generation from renewable sources as a special regime. The Decree allows the producer to choose between selling the energy to the distributor in return for a specified flat tariff for all the scheduling periods, or selling it directly on the day-ahead market or the futures market, or through a bilateral contract.
In September 2008, the Spanish government announced new solar tariffs. For rooftop systems the generator will receive 0.34 €/kWh and for ground systems 0.32 €/kWh. The promoted projects are limited to 500 MW for 2009 and chosen through a tender scheme. The tenders will be carried out in four parcels. The registers of solar projects which are set to receive the new feed-in tariff will be published quaterly.
EC review and assessment
Read a summary of the European Commission’s 2005 review of Spain’s renewable electricity policies and of its 2007 assessment of Spain’s progress in meeting the target set out in Directive 2001/77/EC.
Legal analysis
Read an analysis of the Spanish laws.
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