Recording of Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 14:47 .

EU Solar Standard Mandates Rooftop Solar Integration on Buildings with Phased Implementation Starting 2026, Following Belgium's Example

The EU Solar Standard, adopted by the EU in spring 2023, mandates integrating rooftop solar into smart and flexible buildings. The implementation timeline is as follows: by 2026, new buildings must optimize for solar irradiance; from 2027, new commercial and industrial (C&I) buildings need to have solar installations; and starting in 2028, renovated C&I buildings over 500 square meters undergoing major renovations or certain upgrades must also include solar. Exemptions apply for historical buildings, those unsuitable technically or economically for rooftop solar. SolarPower Europe predicts this will add between 150 to 200 gigawatts of installations across various building types. Public building requirements are phased out through different deadlines ending in 2030 based on their size. Flanders’ experience with similar mandates since 2006 offers insights. Initial efforts focused on energy performance standards that evolved to emphasize solar integration significantly by now. They introduced mandatory labels post-ownership changes and upcoming rental contracts requiring adherence to these standards driven partly by grid offtake data—an easy-to-obtain metric indicating on-site self-consumption potential. Challenges noted include disputes between owners who pay versus occupants who benefit from the mandate-driven savings and market bottlenecks due to delayed investments aiming at ultimate compliance deadlines.

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Speaker

Jan Osenberg
Senior Policy Advisor
SolarPower Europe
Belgium

Wannes Demarcke
Policy Expert Solar
ODE Vlaanderen
Belgium

Talk of session: Distributed Solar Power: Controlling Energy Bills in Residential and C&I Buildings

More than two-thirds of all new solar capacity added in the EU in 2023 was distributed. The EU's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which requires the installation of solar panels on buildings, will drive demand in the medium term. But what could speed up the deployment of rooftop solar installations on residential and commercial buildings in the short term? And how is the industry addressing the needs of these building types?This session will discuss:

• Drivers & challenges for distributed solar PV in Europe
• Technical solutions for high levels of solar self-consumption
• Business models for prosumers and offers from utilities

Further Talks of this session:

Soft Landing or Boom Decade? Key Distributed PV Market Dynamics in Europe

Speaker

Juan Monge
Principal Analyst, Distributed Solar, Europe
Wood Mackenzie
United Kingdom

To Talk

A New Look at Energy Independence and How to Get There

Speaker

Gadi Hirsch
Lead Analyst, Strategy Group
SolarEdge Technologies
Israel

To Talk

Enabling Solar & Storage Households to Participate in the Energy Market

Speaker

Alexander Vogt
Head of Product & Technology
LichtBlick Energy as a Service GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Solar Energy Sharing Experiences Across Europe

Speaker

José Queirós de Almeida
CEO
Greenvolt Communities

To Talk

Fireside Chat: What's Needed to Tap Europe's Solar Rooftop Potential

Speaker

Dr. Stefanie Groll
Head of EU Affairs
Enpal B.V.
Germany

To Talk