Financing A Solar Project: Where To Start?
Why and how does external financing come into play when buying a PV system? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Find out what you should bear in mind when approaching PV financing.
Why and how does external financing come into play when buying a PV system? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Find out what you should bear in mind when approaching PV financing.
In the course of the second edition of the Network Expansion Acceleration Act (NABEG 2.0), network bottlenecks are managed by means of the newly imposed regime of Redispatch 2.0, since October 1, 2021. For its timely implementation, a so called “interim transition phase” has been implemented for the proper conversions through Redispatch 2.0, which ends on May 31, 2022. What exactly will change for electricity producers and what role does the transitional solution play for plant operators?
As a response to the increasing popularity of PV, the British government has now proposed reducing the subsidies for solar – a suggestion that is heavily criticised by industry experts.
As the Dutch SDE+ program was able to successfully boost projects with a size of more than 1 MW, the country‘s government now intends to adapt the program slightly in order to grant smaller projects a higher level of incentive.
After the British government decided to cut back the feed-in tariffs for new solar installations in 2011, five outraged installers took the matter to court, seeking a 140 million GBP compensation. Now the government reached an out of court settlement with them.
The Dutch SDE+ program is now open for applications for its first round. Successful projects may receive subsidies for as long as 15 years, provided that certain requirements are met.
