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Emiliano Bellini
Japan unveils 2022 feed-in tariff levels for PV
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Emiliano Bellini
The Japanese government is proposing 20-year FITs lower than $0.010/kWh for rooftop PV and a ceiling price of $0.087/kWh for solar energy auctions. These incentive levels will likely be insufficient to stimulate demand given rising solar project costs.
Taiwan sets solar FITs for 2022
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Emiliano Bellini
The new feed-in tariffs range from NT4.0031 ($0.14) to NT5.8952 ($0.21) per kWh. PV systems of all types will be applied a grid tariff of NT0.0656 ($0.002)/kWh and the funds raised through this fee will be used to set up a PV module recycling scheme.
Chinese solar industry may reach 500 GW module capacity by year end
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Emiliano Bellini
According to Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory (AECEA), this huge capacity may not be met by actual demand in the global market. Furthermore, the consultancy reveals that solar module prices should reach a price level of up to RMB 1.75 ($028)/W by the second half of the year, and that in 2021 new PV additions totaled 53 GW with more than half of this capacity being delivered by distributed generation.
Luxembourg’s first floating PV plant is now operational
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Emiliano Bellini
The facility was deployed with 25,000 solar modules on a former cooling pond owned by the steel manufacturer's unit ArcelorMittal Differdange, which operates an electric steel plant in the homonymous municipality in Luxembourg.
Large-scale PV finds footing in Slovenia
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Emiliano Bellini
Slovenia's total installed PV capacity stood at just 267 MW by the end of 2020, on new annual additions of just 3 MW. Most of its existing capacity comes from rooftop PV installed in 2012 (122 MW), 2011, (54 MW) and 2010 (37 MW) under the national feed-in tariff scheme, which expired at the end of 2013.
China may deploy up to 75 GW of PV this year
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Emiliano Bellini
According to new forecasts from AECEA, China may see strong development of large-scale solar plants this year, due to a massive pipeline of unsubsidized projects. Furthermore, the distributed generation segment will be boosted by incentives provided by the national and regional governments.
Bulgaria plans to introduce FITs for solar systems up to 30 kW
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Emiliano Bellini
The government is considering a €0.12/kWh feed-in tariff for PV installations with a generation capacity of up to 5 kW and of €0.10 for 5-30 kW systems. If implemented, the scheme will come into force next month.
Israeli national lottery supports rooftop PV program with $0.12/kWh feed-in tariff
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Emiliano Bellini
Successful applicants will receive an ILS0.45/kWh ($0.13) feed-in tariff (FIT) for 23 years.
Moldova introduces feed-in tariff for small scale solar
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Emiliano Bellini
The 15-year payments will come into force when new renewables FITs are published in the country’s official journal within the next few days. The government wants to allocate 15 MW of solar facilities ranging in size from 10 kW to 1 MW through the scheme, with larger projects having to compete in auctions.
Vietnam might maintain FITs for 3 GW of approved large-scale PV projects
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Emiliano Bellini
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) sent a report to the government on Tuesday in which it recommends maintaining feed-in tariffs for large-scale PV projects, rather than switching to auctions, according to law firm Lexcomm Vietnam.
Vietnam confirms 20-year FIT for rooftop PV will be maintained at $0.0935/kWh
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Emiliano Bellini
Vietnam’s state-owned utility EVN has confirmed that it will maintain the 20-year feed-in tariff for rooftop PV installations not exceeding 100 kW in size at the rate of $0.0935/kWh until 2021.
Taiwanese government proposes solar tariffs of US$0.13-0.19/kWh
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Emiliano Bellini
The draft feed-in tariff scheme should be approved by the end of the month. Payments for residential solar systems are expected to fall only 0.34% but those for utility scale solar may be reduced by 2.2%. An increase is set to be granted to projects in remote areas and also to those which rely on high-efficiency modules.
