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Photovoltaic solar finally profitable ... industrially!




by Christophe » 12/10/15, 22:46

PV solar can now compete with wind ... industrially speaking!

Many projects plan to sell solar electricity at 70 euros per megawatt hour. A lower price than that of onshore wind
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Source: http://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-servic ... 164320.php

70 € / MWh = 0.07 € / kWh ...
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by moinsdewatt » 18/06/16, 12:59

Zambia obtains lowest feed-in tariff with Scaling Solar

Ecofin Agency June 15, 2016

Zambia has just set a new record for buyout prices for solar energy. It has indeed awarded to the consortium formed by the French Neoen and the American First Solar, the construction of a 45 MW solar power plant whose production will be transferred to the national electricity network at 6,02 cents a dollar, a kilowatt hour.


«It is the lowest feed-in tariff ever seen in Africa and one of the lowest in the world, a second wind for Zambia and the other countries plagued by the energy deficit. ”declared Phillipe Le Houérou (photo), the CEO of the International Finance Corporation.

The conclusion of this contract is part of the Scaling solar initiative, led by the World Bank group, which aims to accelerate the establishment of solar power plants at a reasonable cost.

A 28 MW plant will also be built by the Italian Enel Green Power, with an electricity buy-back price of 7,84 cents.

These 73 MW of power plants should be put in place by next year.

http://www.agenceecofin.com/solaire/150 ... ling-solar
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by Christophe » 20/06/16, 18:50

Thank you for the info.

$ 6 cents in Africa is completely consistent with $ 7 cents in Europe :)
It's even much more expensive ... related to the standard of living ...

In short, the PV has become completely competitive from other sources! Obviously you need projects of a few MW ... and sun!
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by chatelot16 » 20/06/16, 20:47

why projects of a few MW? the big advantage of photovoltaics is that the profitability is exactly the same whatever the power, there is no scale effect

the main part of the price is the panels, we just juxtapose all identical panels regardless of the total power ... there is a bit of scale effect on the inverters but not very important, it is the price of the panel which is the main
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by Christophe » 20/06/16, 21:39

If there is still a scale effect: the one who buys 1 MW of panels directly in China will have them at a better price than the one who buys 10 kW ... Certainly more reduced than in other energy projects but it exists. ..

For proof, the profitability is still even more important than 7 cts of kWh on the small solar PV currently ...
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by lilian07 » 20/06/16, 22:07

This is real good news, To mention the case of Cestas 10 km from my work (the most powerful in Europe 300 MW), the problem of the project was the administrative limits "very French" (political skepticism), the sensor positioning technique, innovative geographic concentration, land and the profitability limit. This very large project is already an innovation in itself and therefore has little feedback on such a surface ... but we must be happy because it is moving in the right direction ....
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by Christophe » 20/06/16, 22:11

Ah well that in the south of France it is on that it is better to build villas than PV solar fields if we seek economic profitability !!

Now there are plenty of non-building areas, hillsides facing south for example ...

ps: I didn't know that the most powerful PV power plant in Europe was in France ...
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by chatelot16 » 20/06/16, 22:13

it is not a technically justified scale effect ... it is a more significant commercial scale effect in France or the pro suppliers are carpet merchants ... less important with the Chinese who sells at low prices small quantities
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by moinsdewatt » 21/06/16, 20:33

chatelot16 wrote:why projects of a few MW? the big advantage of photovoltaics is that the profitability is exactly the same whatever the power, there is no scale effect


This is really a beautiful Chatelotian stupidity.

Well, it’s weird, in all countries of the world, companies are building large fleets for the effect of lowering cost per installed mWp.

But Chatelot claims to be right in his corner.
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by Christophe » 22/06/16, 00:43

Christophe wrote:whoever buys 1 MW of panels directly in China will get them at a better price than whoever buys 10 kW ...


QED ...
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