Madrid, 22 July 2014.- The National Commission on Competition and Markets (CNMC) published in the Official State Bulletin (BOE) the CIRCULAR 3/2014 by which establishes the methodology for calculating transportation tolls and distribution of electricity, together with his Justification report. For those of us concerned about what will be the saga of the famous “backup […]
Traditional electrical utilities tend to disappear
The democratization of energy is a fact A few weeks ago we were surprised by a report from the world’s largest commercial bank, UBS, indicating that solar energy is already the cheapest of all-electric energy production. The only drawback is that the Sun is not modular, so we have a need for storage if we […]
Photovoltaic solar energy in Spain, the plundering of democratization
PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY IN SPAIN; From plundering to Democratization The history of solar energy, especially photovoltaics, has been very peculiar in Spain. It all started in 2004 when a Royal Decree initiated the connection of small installations to the network. Attracted by a reasonable return on investment, small installations began to connect to the Spanish […]
#StopStealingTheSun
We are in the following paradox: we have cheap solar panels with which to make our solar kit tailored to our needs, but we are not sure that we were not going to charge a tax for that. On Thursday October 31 debate and vote in the House of the Congress of Deputies to all […]
IMPORT TAXES ON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FROM CHINA
Much has been said recently about the possibility of the European Union imposing tariffs on modules from China following complaints from 20 European manufacturers about price dumping and Chinese state subsidies on this product. (Energías-renovables News) It seems that the measures will be stronger than those already approved by the United States, the tariff being […]
Good news for photovoltaic solar energy!
More solar panels can be purchased! And the “back-up toll” will be stopped further Today the BOE published the Order FOM/1635/2013 updating the Basic Document DB-HE “Energy Saving”, of the Technical Building Code, which establishes a minimum photovoltaic contribution of electrical energy in new buildings. This revision of the DB-HE will lead to the banishment […]