On 28 February 2025, the European Commission decided on the compatibility of state aid in the field of supported energy sources, namely maintenance aid for biomass heating plants with an installed capacity of more than 1 MWt, with the internal market of the European Union.

On 8 April 2025, based on the said this decision, the Energy Regulatory Office submitted for public consultation a draft amendment to the price assessment No 7/2024 of 25 September 2024 setting the support for supported energy sources, as amended by price assessment No 13/2024.

While according to the current price assessment the operating support (green bonuses) for heat in the amount of 145 CZK/GJ can be granted to biomass heat generating plants with an input power of up to 20 MW and a maximum installed capacity of 200 to 1000 KWt, if they burn biomass of categories O1, S1 and P1 or O2, S2 and P2, the new draft amendment to the price assessment eliminates upper limit and more efficient sources can also benefit from the operating support. From this perspective, only the power input and the category or process of use of the combustion medium are relevant. Needless to say, the sources with an input power above 20 MW are still not eligible for operating state aid.

We anticipate that the public consultation process will be completed during April, as the deadline for comments is 23 April 2025, and given the nature of the change, we do not anticipate that any substantive comments will be submitted.

We will of course keep you informed of further developments on this topic.

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