Special and extraordinary regime for the development and operation of small-scale biomass powerplants

Order no.76/2021 was published on the 1st of April 2021 to densify number 5 of article 5 of Decree-Law no. 64/2017, as amended. Said Order sets forth the following:

• First, the elements that shall be included in the production and operation license requests for the relevant biomass power plants;
• And also, the rules that shall be followed within the potential auction procedure to be carried out by the General Administration for Energy and Geology (Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia, DGEG) when the number of requests for the development and operation of the relevant power plants exceeds the available injection capacity in the Public Service Electricity Grid (Rede Elétrica de Serviço Público RESP) – on the continent, 60MW – as set forth by article 3 of Decree-Law no. 64/2017, as amended.