Recommended feed in tariff for NSW solar households more than doubles to range of 11.6c/kWh to 14.6c/kWh, reflecting jump in wholesale prices that will affect grid prices.
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Offshore wind costs maintain falling trend in Germany, Denmark, Holland
Competitive auctions are causing developers to drop their expectations for government subsidies for off-shore wind projects.
Victoria solar feed-in tariff more than doubles to 11.3c/kWh
Victoria solar households to get big lift in payments for exports to the grid, but Greens say households still being sold short.
Morocco: 170 MW of solar PV to be built at €0.042/kWh
Masen, Morocco’s public agency for renewable energies, has revealed that Acwa Power will develop 170 MW of solar PV plants in the country at a rate of €0.0422 per kWh.
A small win for rooftop solar as Victorian regulator outlines fairer tariffs
Victoria regulator makes landmark decision on solar feed in tariffs that could have implications for other states. But does it go far enough?
Incumbents’ tariff war on rooftop solar accelerates “death spiral”
Low tariffs, and an absence of market signals rewarding the benefits of local generation, will encourage homes, businesses and small communities to quit the network, a new study has found. Will the incumbents ever learn?
Taking the step from gross to net feed-in tariffs
With 160,000 electricity customers looking to switch from gross to net energy metering around the end of the year, it is useful to look at the actual changes that need to take place.
Feed-in tariffs do not amount to guaranteed revenue
While foreign press repeatedly speaks of guaranteed profits from feed-in tariffs, German investors in wind and solar power have a different story to tell.
It’s not solar tariffs utilities hate, it’s solar technology
Utilities attack solar tariffs because they are the main policy to promote solar. What they actually oppose is solar photovoltaics.
UBS: Boom in unsubsidised solar PV flags energy revolution
Analysts from UBS say energy markets are facing a revolution caused by the success of unsubsidised solar. They say solar costs have fallen so far, it was a no-brainer for households to install rooftop solar, turning customers into competitors for utilities. The implications for coal-fired generators could be devastating.
