GLG News by Solar Power Experts (EU)

The new Spanish Feed In Tariff (FIT) - if passed by the government will have significant impacts on the global PV Industry. As the Spanish market will be significantly smaller than in previous years all the modules that are produced and were designated for the Spanish market will need to find...

1. One of the reasons behind the new draft for the regulation of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy in Spain, which changes dramatically this sector’s regulation, is the significant effect that, the Ministry for Industry argues, the PV feed-in tariff has on the electricity tariff. But this is neither...

1. The merger of British Airways and Iberia makes good common sense for at least five reasons. 2. It could even be the first step towards the largest airline in the world by merging in the future with their partner American Airlines.

1. It seems very unlikely that any last-minute surprise avoids that Gas Natural, finally and after two other attempts in 2003 and 2005, takes over a Spanish electricity company. 2. The next battle is going to be fought in Iberdrola’s court, but it’s going to be very difficult for ACS’ Florentino Pérez...

1. The cap on photovoltaic (PV) power capacity will be based on annual caps with the new regulation, rather than on accumulative power, as with current regulation. 2. Feed-in tariffs are significantly cut by the new regulation, especially for on-the-ground facilities.

The recent changes in the German Feed In Tariffs (expected) and the steep proposed cuts by the Spanish Government (rather unexpected) will create volatile market conditions around the globe. At the same time as significant additional production capacities are added along all steps of the PV supply chain...

The requirement to satisfactorily prove additionality as part of any CDM application limits the extent to which projects that would have happened anyway slip through to benefit from the CDM process. However, it is almost certain that the inherent difficulty in proving (or disproving) additionality has...

Exxon Mobile stops funding groups of climate change sceptics as the groups' "position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner."

In order to get benefit of economy of scale and become competitive on the market place, investments in technological development are needed. This is true in particular for emerging energy technologies. But due to the fact that moving from one particular energy technology to another often lasts for at...

Solar power is also solar thermal power technology, which relates on concentrated solar radiation and delivers today already cheaper electricity than photovoltaics. Solar thermal power technology has more in common with Big Oil than photovoltaics. Solar thermal power business is nowadays booming and...