EaP Solar Panels Study - Component 1 Report: Review of the EU Experience with Building-PVs

This Component Report  reviews  EU practices in respect of buildings’ solar PV technology and its application in the EU Member States (MS). More specifically, it briefly discusses EU policies supporting Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in general and provides an overview of solar PV technology. It discusses the essential features of the legal and regulatory environment within which the EU has reached its current penetration levels of solar PV in buildings as well as the impact of this deployment to the electricity system. Finally, it reviews specific national implementation case studies in respect of their legal and regulatory framework as well as in regards of specific pilot programmes and their respective lessons learnt.