[PIO] "One-Stop-Shop" for the licensing of renewable energy projects

The Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry (MoEEB) announces that, as part of the effort to redesign, improve and digitize the licensing procedures for energy production projects from Renewable Energy Sources (RES), the Council of Ministers, at its meeting of 22 February 2023, designated the Business Facilitation Unit (BFU) of the Ministry of Energy and Climate Change as the "One-Stop-Shop" for the licensing of these projects.

The responsibilities of the PMU, which is now the applicant's single point of contact during the licensing process, include, inter alia, providing information, coordination, guidance and facilitation of the entire administrative process for the licensing of renewable energy projects. To this end, applicants are requested to contact the PPA for any issues arising, as well as for coordination purposes with other services/departments and licensing authorities.

The licensing procedure for RES power plants includes all procedures from the receipt of the application to the notification of the result and covers:

1. all relevant administrative permits and approvals required by the applicable legislation for the construction, installation, upgrading and operation of RES power plants

At this stage, the following actions are underway, which will help to facilitate investors by reducing bureaucracy and licensing time for RES projects, as well as to achieve the new, more ambitious targets to be set in the revision of the National Action Plan for Energy and Climate:

1. Technical Assistance from the European Commission for simplification of the permitting procedures for RES projects, which is currently in the process of mapping/mapping existing procedures.
2. Development of an online platform "Digital One Stop Shop", in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, through which all applications for the licensing of RES projects, as well as applications for the renovation of buildings, will be submitted and processed electronically. It is expected that by the end of July 2023, the first phase of the online platform, which will be dynamic and regularly updated, will be delivered and operational.

The public is informed that until the online platform is operational, applications via email will be accepted only for commercial RES projects that have already secured the use of the land parcel where the investment will be implemented.

Applicants are invited to send the completed application form, together with the necessary accompanying documents, to the e-mail bfuRES@meci.gov.cy.

For further information, interested parties may contact the Officer in charge:

Mr. Christos Gogakis (MPE - Licensing of RES Projects)

Andreas Arauzou 10, Nicosia, 1421

Tel. Postal: cgogakis@meci.gov.cy

Tel: +357 22867203

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