Amendment To The Application Procedure For Local Content Bonus Payments

Introduction

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Support of Local Content of Renewable Energy Electricity Generation Facilities (the "Regulation") was published in the Official Gazette dated 20 September 2019 and numbered 30894.

The Regulation amends the certification procedure for wind power plants and the possibility for operators to benefit from local content bonus payments on an accelerated basis.

Amendments

Previously, operators were only eligible to benefit from local content bonus payments after completing applicable certification procedures for the relevant turbine components.

Following the amendments introduced by the Regulation, with regard to components of wind power plants which are manufactured for the first time, the applicant is now allowed to apply for local content bonus payments in parallel to its application to obtain the required compliance certificates (such as the type certificate, product certificate or unit verification