Environmental Impact Assessment

This decree states the requirement for environmental impact analysis for electricity generation projects. It also includes the requirement for a decommissioning plan and a decommissioning guarantee which is determined on a case-by-case basis.

The following renewable energy related projects/activities require environmental impact assessments:

• Water dams that have a capacity of 2 million m3 or surface area of 100 hectare
• All bioenergy projects using residues. 
• All renewable energy plants with more capacity than 10 MW

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