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Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 12/2018 approving a set of measures to update the legal regime of the Pilot Zone for oceanic renewable energies.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 35, 19 February 2018.
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production Environmental planning Renewable energy Marine area Policy/planning
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Resolution of the Council of Ministers enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution of the Council of Ministers approves a set of measures to update the legal regime of the Pilot Zone for oceanic renewable energies. With a view to implement the Windfloat project, the Government instructed the Minister of Economy, through Council of Ministers Resolution No. 81-A/2016, to: a) Continue actions and measures already undertaken in 2015, by the XIX Constitutional Government, completing the studies and finalizing the construction in time, by REN - Rede Elétrica Nacional, SA, of the submarine connection cable of the offshore wind power plant, 25 MW Windfloat, to be located off Viana do Castelo area; b) ensure the successful completion of the procedure in the Electric Network of Public Service (RESP), etc. Pursuant to article 199 of the Constitution, the Council of Ministers establishes: to propose, together with the Minister of the Sea, the necessary legislative measures to adapt the legal regime of the Pilot Zone to the objectives defined in Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 81-A/2016; b) to amend the concession contract of REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional, in order to allow the construction of the submarine cable connecting the Pilot Zone to the National Electric Network; c) to amend the concession contract of the Pilot Zone.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implements

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 174/2017 approving the Industrial Strategy and the Plan of Action for Ocean Renewable Energies.

Legislation | Portugal | 2017

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Renewable energy, Marine area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 81-A/2016 establishing the procedures for the installation of a maritime platform for the production of electricity, off Viana do Castelo area.

Legislation | Portugal | 2016

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Renewable energy, Marine area, Authorization/permit, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX