Comments on: Who Has the Most Cost-Effective Solar CLEAN (Feed-in Tariff) Program?

By: John Farrell

John Farrell — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:16:00 +0000

Ontario’s 55 cent price translates to 37 cents when adjusted in the same fashion as the above prices.

By: John Farrell

John Farrell — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:14:00 +0000

Check out the report we just completed. I do have some context on the completed solar projects. http://www.ilsr.org/u-s-clean-programs-now-learned/

By: Tam Hunt

Tam Hunt — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:07:00 +0000

Excellent post John! Very helpful.

By: Cornelius

Cornelius — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:44:00 +0000

Very nice analyses! Looking at the price only, however, might not give the whole picture. Too low a price will not help getting the industry kick-started. The price in Germany did not start out at 19.5 EuroCents/kWh, but as high as 54 EuroCents for small-scale facade-mounted PV. This was subsequently reduced as the industry matured (and as the government changed).

It would be interesting to compare your results to the success of each FIT program, i.e. the installed capacity per person/consumer (or per account) in the area that the FIT-program operates.

By: Alxj

Alxj — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:10:00 +0000

Interesting stats John – you may want to look at Ontario’s microFIT program as well.

http://microfit.powerauthority.on.ca/

New pricing schedule:

http://microfit.powerauthority.on.ca/sites/default/files/FIT%20and%20mFIT%20Price%20Schedule%20Version%202.0.pdf

45-55 cents over 15 years