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ABSOLAR (Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy) and BNDS held, last Thursday (13), a webinar addressing the new criteria on the accreditation and re-registration processes of photovoltaic generating systems, which came into force since the 1st of August.
The manager of the Department of Development of Industrial Chains and Suppliers of Goods and Services at BNDES, Renata Braga, participated in the virtual event and highlighted that, among the main changes, is the extinction of the single accreditation model.
“Before, for example, it was mandatory for everyone to use national photovoltaic modules. That no longer exists. The supplier can choose other paths, other routes. Now, he has more freedom to configure the product in the way he finds most interesting”, said Renata.
Another change highlighted by the specialist is the obligation to present invoices issued for power systems up to 375 kW a maximum of six months ago. “We need more robust evidence to prove the content of that product. Presenting, for example, a note issued two years ago does not say much about compliance with the rules. It doesn’t bring us, at BNDES, security about that product”, he explained.
“On the other hand, for systems above 375 kW, we accept the submission of budgets and proposals. But why different treatment? Because these products are always financed as FCC (Finable Case by Case), which indicates that the financing of the equipment in the corresponding line/program is conditioned on prior analysis by BNDES of the technical characteristics of the equipment”, commented Renata.
Among the other rules that were changed, it also highlighted the linking of Finame codes to suppliers of modules, inverters or trackers and the prior qualification of suppliers of photovoltaic generating systems as authorized distributors (DAs). “Furthermore, the person responsible for designing the system cannot be a technician, he has to be an engineer, who can even be outsourced”, he concluded.
