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Monday, February 1, 2010 2:20 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 5 Comments »

German Photovoltaic Feed-in Tariff Frenzy

Proposed Photovoltaic (PV) rooftop Feed-in Tariff (FiT) cuts said to be delayed. If nothing else, it’s the weather!

In the latest FiT political twist, “Germany aims to delay solar incentive cuts: sources” by Markus Wacket for Reuters Green Business said: German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen wants to delay some of the proposed cuts for solar power incentives, government sources told Reuters on Friday, a move that is unlikely to alter the gloomy outlook for the industry. Roettgen's proposed 15-percent cuts in solar power incentives for roof-mounted systems is to be implemented from May 1 rather than April 1, the sources said. As shown in the above graphic, “Eckpunkte der künftigen Photovoltaikvergütung im EEG” (German only) outlines Minister Röttgen’s proposed one time PV FiT Read More >>

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:43 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 4 Comments »

EU PVSEC: iSuppli 2009 Photovoltaic Forecast Wrong

German 2009 PV market demand defies iSuppli doom and gloom forecast. iSuppli, your low ball 2009 Photovoltaic (PV) Forecast (Figure left, Source: iSuppli) of 3.9 GW (GigaWatts) needs a drastic revision upward.

The 24th EU PVSEC (European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition) was buzzing about how the German market is booming for solar installs in the later half of 2009. Falling solar module prices and the unadjusted 2009 Feed-in Tariffs promise low double digit returns on PV investments. The tide is not lifting all boats in a buyers market, but certain PV manufacturers are claiming to be sold out of solar modules again. In fact, besides overloaded installers, the utility EON does not think they can grid