Resell its solar power will bring less - August 23, 2010
The French are always prone to develop an ecologically minded when it can bring them money. Regarding photovoltaics, however, investment should soon be as attractive.
The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Bercy warned on Monday evening Regulatory Commission of Energy (CRE) and the Higher Council of the energy of their intention to decline by 12% the purchase price by EDF of the photovoltaic electricity. The professional plans and large facilities will be affected by this adjustment of tariffs, not small household below 30 square meters. An order to this effect will be applicable on 1 September. In taking this decision, France follows the footsteps of Germany and Spain, who have already made adjustments."Today, France is far ahead of the implementation of the objectives of the Grenelle Environment. The rates remain favorable, but the cursor is repositioned slightly to avoid the deadweight speculative, "said the entourage of the Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde.
Recall the situation. To encourage the development of environmentally friendly energy sources within the framework of the commitments of the Grenelle -23% renewable energy by 2020 – and to encourage installation of photovoltaic panels, the state has allowed those who invested able to sell to EDF electricity and produced on the basis of a regulated rate for the amortization of attractive features.This incentive involved both individuals who were installing equipment homemade-like solar panels on the roof of a house, the professionals that integrate PV in buildings, on roofs of car parks or supermarkets.
Only here: end of 2009, anticipating a decline rates announced, the French rushed to ask EDF to buy their electricity photovoltaics. The total power demand on the year was 50 times higher than in 2008. This has caused both a queue and a financial risk. Forcing the government to take early as January 2010 emergency measures, as well as adjustments of rates of transitional arrangements to handle the influx of applications.In the wake of last March, Bercy had asked the Inspectorate General of Finance (IGF) to identify problems so that such a bottleneck does not happen again. Today, 60,000 applications are pending, mostly for small installations.
60 euros per year
The decision to reduce tariffs by 12% based on the findings of the report that IGF is to deliver to Bercy Le Figaro was purchased. It stresses that "the cost of the photovoltaic sector has become very attractive with lower production costs of signs (development of production capacity in Asia) and a collapse in prices linked to the Spanish crisis.Above all, the document points out that "the difference between the purchase rate (between 414 and 580 euros per megawatt hour) and the market price (56 euros per MWheure) is funded by electricity consumers via the contribution to electricity utility (CSPE). Its authors have amounted to about 60 euros per year for a household heating to electricity loads more can be passed on to consumers 'bills (1.5 billion euros per year from 2012), if nothing' was done. "It's a question of purchasing power," insists the entourage of Christine Lagarde.
"This tariff change is the first step in a necessary adaptation of the control system of feed-in tariffs, this development, which should afford the industry outlook solid and sustainable development until 2020, will be prepared in the fall consultation with all stakeholders, "concludes it at Bercy.
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