After this year, Israel will be one of the first countries of the world to ask for the installation of solar panels in the roofs approved by national planning and infrastructure, and the ministry within. From December, obtaining an occupancy permit (form 4) will be conditional on the installation of solar panels on roofs of every house with a roof area of more than 100 square meters, public buildings, and even non-residential buildings with a roof area of 250 square meters or more.
Regulations have been approved as part of a waste of the solar panels of about 2030, and increasing production from 2040. The benefits are clear, experts and government officials have hundreds of owners of solar roofs. Despite criticism, the Ministry of Energy and Inprastructure insists with market failure to be fixed.
Energy Ministry also approved new payment methods for those who installed solar panels on their roofs, with a stronger return on consumer text index (CPI). It’s all while locking in price for 25 years, even though the production from solar panels can be more efficient and affordable in the future. Today, the panels that produce up to 15 kilowatts reward the property owner of 0.48 per kwh, 3-4 times in the amount paid in panels in large cities. Electric consumption pays the bill for unrequited tariffs.
The public has no rush
Despite generous subsidies, there are about 30,000 solar paneled roofs of Israel. According to the ministry of Energy and Infrastructure Sustaincable Division Head Ron Elifer is why the founders of the builders from the continued profit from the solar panel system. “This is, he says, the law requires the installation of a small system (starting 5 kilowatts, and roof owners decide whether they want to expand it.
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The first US state imposes such a legal requirement is California in 2020, and a few years ago in France and Italy have made a similar legislation, as well as many states in Germany. The EU gradually impose such requirements between 2026 and 2032.
But the question arises: Why are the two subsidies and compulsions need? According to Efer, there are major benefits that make it useful. “It contributes to the cleaning of the electric sector, more decentralized and more refreshed. Also, to bring power losses and should seek to build costly electricity lines.”
But some doubt it. A study of the National Economic Council claims that even after calculating the benefits of saving the Negev land and the costs of thousands of rooftops. It is more efficient, and requires a much lower pay per kwh made. Besides, no need for a long commitment in 25 years and special payroll tracks. According to the same study, the change of solar roofs and other projects available to double-having a low-instance of economic awareness of NIS 8 billion.
However, Elifer from the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure promoted by the ministry policy is to improve farms and solar panels on roofs. Israel in electricity authority is also concerned with costly costs, especially because of the high fees that are guaranteed to installs the solar panels on their roofs. They estimate that, thinking that solar roofs do not come to spending ground-based facilities but the energy gas sector of 100,000 new selar costs of 100,000 million per year. Reaching the most ambitious goal 150,000 roofs cost 888 million per year – which can increase electricity bills for the entire country by 2.5%.
While electricity authority is aware of the advantages presented by the Ministry of Energy on the solar panel roof, it is concerned at high prices. “There are many advantages of necessity to install solar panels in the roofs, because it is easier to plan consulments with no additional and heavy costs of consriers.”
Either way, at the end of 2026, the current regulatory arrangements around subsidies for solar panels on roofs will end, which will open the door to lowering the tariff for new installers. If this happens, allow for more efficient network planning, but in a lower subsidy for making.
In any case, the main hope of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure is actually greater private houses, and larger roofs are sold for the first 15 kilowts traded in Israel’s at highest prices.
“Severe and violent steps”
A senior governmental official in the energy sector protests the new policy to force the installation of solar panels, which violates property properties, increases the price of property. “According to him,” has a high high solar panel tariffs that encourages installation and guarantee that the use of the use of the most regulatory use:
In the private sector, opinions are divided: Manufacturers’ association, whose factories are an important factor to make solar panels, strongly opposed. According to its president, Dr. Ron Tomer, “We see it as a serious government interference with industry considerations and business sector.” He preferred “regulatory incentives for installing solar panels, such as solar permissions allowed to track these panels in their own choice that can only be harmful to them.”
On the other hand, the Solar Panel installers should benefit new regulations. Volta Solar Founder and CEO Eran Torn says, “The energy of the solar is a critical national security of cleansing, the emergency body, and the growth of the energy grid is the total amount – for the national economic consumer. “
Published in Globes, Israel News in News – en.globes.co.il – On June 30, 2025.
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