Allotment gardens in the solar's shop: Bavaria facilitates photovoltaic use!

Allotment gardens in the solar's shop: Bavaria facilitates photovoltaic use!

The installation of solar systems in allotment gardens faces a fundamental relief that also causes plenty of discussions in Cologne and other German cities. The Federal Council decided on Friday a draft law from Bavaria in a different form, which enables the allotment gardeners more freedom when using photovoltaic systems. In the future, gardens with small solar systems, so -called balcony power plants, will be equipped for self -supply. So far, garden owners were only allowed to operate electrical devices such as lawnmowers or hedge trimmers. This should prevent the devices from being used as a permanent residential building, as energynewsmagazine.at.

But what is behind this new regulation? First of all, the installation of solar systems has so far been affected with a certain uncertainty, since it has been partly considered inadmissible. The new bill aims to clear up these uncertainties and to facilitate access to environmentally friendly energy to the allotment gardeners. The clear focus is on the fact that the use of these systems must not lead to permanent living use. To ensure this, the draft law has made changes to the formal service limit. Before that, this was capped to 600 watts; Now the wording "for self -sufficiency" has been introduced, which enables more flexible handling with a power up to 2000 watts without the risk of converting the gazebo into a residential building.

legal framework and concerns

As the Bundestag has found in a press release, there will be no legal hurdles in the future when it comes to setting up small photovoltaic systems up to 800 watts. These may be installed without hesitation without the tenants of the allotments to fear the loss of their rights. A clear line to the Federal Kleinsgarten Act (BKleingG) was set up to ensure that the use of photovoltaic systems does not drift in the direction of permanent residential use. The sick of allotment gardeners who have so far had more than Zoff with the regulations could make this progress some relief.

However, the Federal Association of the Medical Garden Associations (BKD) is alarm: Managing Director Stefan Grundei expresses concerns about the legal and technical admissibility of PV systems in allotment gardens. It makes it clear that in areas without power supply, the use of solar systems remains excluded and that the supply of a arbor is usually not possible. It remains faithful to the fact that the protection of allotment gardens and compliance with the BKleingG must continue to be a top priority in the future, such as [energyzukunft.eu] (https://www.energiezukunft.eu/erneuerenergien/solarenergie/kein-aendarungsfarf-am-kleindarten law) again underlined.

energy innovation or living space abuse?

While the Federal Government has so far not been able to change the Federal Kly Garden Act, but rather emphasizes the protective functions of the law, it remains to be seen which concrete consequences the new regulation will have in practice. There are fears that formal clarification of the law could lead to the unwanted development of allotment gardens. Here the debate has to be continued without danger.

In any case, these new legal provisions have the potential to promote the use of renewable energies in allotment gardens and thus take another step towards environmentally friendly energy supply.