We in the solar industry are accustomed to our fair share of craziness. For us, predictable business isn’t the rule but the exception. It’s normal for us to come up against all kinds of unknown variables and make our peace with them.
Every New Year’s Day, we all receive a lot of New Year’s greetings with best wishes for health, happiness, success, and so on.
The rising number of renewable energy systems installed has as consequence the downfall of the bulk price of energy, while reducing the commercial value of traditional fossil power plants. In fact, in some cases earnings take such a downturn that the closure of some of these plants is now more than an option.
Often misinterpreted as synonyms, the concepts of Grid and Market Parity must be kept separate. With Market Parity, we usually refer to the competitiveness of the renewable energy price compared to conventional energy on the electricity wholesale market. Grid Parity instead outlines the condition in which the self-production of energy is cost-effective compared to retrieving electricity from the grid. Grid Parity has been already achieved on the italian market.
Meet us again this year at the Intersolar in Munich. From the 15th to the 17th of May, our team of international PV experts is looking forward to meeting you personally over a good cup of coffee. You will find us in the hall B2, booth B2.237.
As Portugal intends to push its solar industry, the country’s government has announced a new auction for solar projects in June or July 2019. A total 1.75 GW of new capacity will be awarded.
