Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

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Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Germany’s Conergy, a vertically integrated PV manufacturer and developer, is now installing PV systems in Spain that are producing electricity at grid-competitive rates without subsidies. The company said it’s now hit the 1 megawatt mark of such projects. Spain has joined a growing number of countries where solar is becoming as cheap as other electric sources on the grid without subsidies, among them South Africa and Brazil.

The company installed its first grid-parity project in Spain at organic restaurant Lasal del Varador on Barcelona’s beach front in fall 2012. Since then, the company said it’s installed 56 such projects in Spain, totaling roughly 1 megawatt of PV-parity power. The parity projects are part of Conergy’s “Start it!” campaign, under which the company said its has developed business models for grid-parity markets in Australia, South Africa and the US.

This is good as it is becoming economic within the free market!

 

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Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Germany’s Conergy, a vertically integrated PV manufacturer and developer, is now installing PV systems in Spain that are producing electricity at grid-competitive rates without subsidies. The company said it’s now hit the 1 megawatt mark of such projects. Spain has joined a growing number of countries where solar is becoming as cheap as other electric sources on the grid without subsidies, among them South Africa and Brazil.

The company installed its first grid-parity project in Spain at organic restaurant Lasal del Varador on Barcelona’s beach front in fall 2012. Since then, the company said it’s installed 56 such projects in Spain, totaling roughly 1 megawatt of PV-parity power. The parity projects are part of Conergy’s “Start it!” campaign, under which the company said its has developed business models for grid-parity markets in Australia, South Africa and the US.

This is good as it is becoming economic within the free market!

How much electricity do they produce at night? How "competitive" are they then?

If this is "free market," who's paying for it? Are private firms allowed to compete with Spain's energy utility?

 

[ScienceRocks]

Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

Germany’s Conergy, a vertically integrated PV manufacturer and developer, is now installing PV systems in Spain that are producing electricity at grid-competitive rates without subsidies. The company said it’s now hit the 1 megawatt mark of such projects. Spain has joined a growing number of countries where solar is becoming as cheap as other electric sources on the grid without subsidies, among them South Africa and Brazil.

The company installed its first grid-parity project in Spain at organic restaurant Lasal del Varador on Barcelona’s beach front in fall 2012. Since then, the company said it’s installed 56 such projects in Spain, totaling roughly 1 megawatt of PV-parity power. The parity projects are part of Conergy’s “Start it!” campaign, under which the company said its has developed business models for grid-parity markets in Australia, South Africa and the US.

This is good as it is becoming economic within the free market!

How much electricity do they produce at night? How "competitive" are they then?

If this is "free market," who's paying for it? Are private firms allowed to compete with Spain's energy utility?

The home is hooked up to the grid and the solar cuts the cost of energy for the home owners. At time they will likely use other power from off the grid.

The benefit comes when you're paying 70% less to the power company. More so when you have a battery system that can store some(or all) of the energy for night time.

I'm sure other methods and utilities can compete with it.

 

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I don't think this is going to help Spain's 27% unemployment rate.