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New Spanish Feed-in Tariff Level Set

February 25, 2009 | 4 Comments

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Barcelona, Spain [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Spain's National Energy Commission (CNE) has received 392 applications from new solar projects to qualify for the country's new feed-in tariff level. The rate given to facilities whose applications are accepted will be EUR 0.34/kilowatt-hours (kWh) [US $0.43/kWh] for small systems plants and EUR 0.32/kWh for large plants.

CNE said that close to 3 gigawatts (GW) of solar power projects were connected to the country's grid between January and November of last year.

The selection procedure, as stated in the government's regulations, will take place in the order in which that applications were received. The CNE said that the high number of applications shows that the new tariff rate is still attractive and stable.

This news follows reports earlier in the month that Spain's solar market grew three times more than many analysts expected. CNE said that close to 3 gigawatts (GW) of solar power projects were connected to the country's grid between January and November of last year.

So far, only 2 GW of the total installations have been grid connected and officially registered with the Spanish government. Because of this, the CNE said that Spain's the final installed capacity figure for 2008 could be higher.

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mike-mortonreal-goods-solar-70054

February 25, 2009

If we could get FIT of $.43kwh here we'd get 392 applications, an hour.

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dubravka-skrlec-115861

March 2, 2009

MMRGS, what do you say at € 0,50/kWh in Croatia? Isn't that attractive?

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andres-luque-ruiz-167927

March 2, 2009

Power Sector in Spain has a huge accumulate deficit up to 20.000 MM euros, due "regulated prices" policy. Last year was 4.000 MM euros added.

The same figure (4.000 MM) is the total amount dedicated in 2008 to pay "green energy" from wind and solar farms. People cover this paying a special concept in their invoices (like closed nuclear projects and plans for coal mining).

And now, spanish goverment "keep on running" with these new 392 applications.

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shyimin-lu-169605

March 4, 2009

How expensive your FITs are !
In Taiwan, the FIT is only about USD 0.0625 for solar PV, because of cheap electricity fee around here. It seems no room for developing PV installation in Taiwan, unless the cost of PV generation could be lowered down further.

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