Comments on: German Solar PV In January — €1.52/Watt

By: Dimitar Mirchev

Dimitar Mirchev — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0000

They will get their VAT from EEG surcharge one way or another because the renewable electricity has to be brought from renewabes and payed by EEG surcharge.

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 04:13:00 +0000

“Look Dear! Our rooftop solar saved us 20 euros this week! Now let’s burn a 20 euro note, as the government would just get filthy VAT money from us if we spent the money we saved on something useful.”

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:31:00 +0000

Altmaier has plenty of critics.

By: Dimitar Mirchev

Dimitar Mirchev — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:45:00 +0000

But I see one problem. Altmaier saw it too From his proposals several weeks ago:

The “eroding solidarity” with regard to the EEG surcharge due to self-production and self-consumption shall be stopped

The more electricity the end users self-consume the less they buy from the grid and as a result less and less money are collected from the EEG surcharge and VAT. (Germany charges the EEG surcharge with VAT too – “Private Households Pay EUR 937 Million in VAT on EEG Surcharge” [ in 2012 ] )

It will be interesting to see how they are going to handle this.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:35:00 +0000

Definitely see it coming. Major companies are coming out with energy storage options for such people. If the price is competitive enough, this could start quite a shift.

By: Dimitar Mirchev

Dimitar Mirchev — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:30:00 +0000

True. But once people realize how much money they loose by selling their electricity cheap under FIT contracts and later having to buy at [double] price including VAT, etc a demand for home grid storage will emerge.

By: globi

globi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:49:00 +0000

However, 100% self-consumption is usually not possible (without batteries or a relatively small PV-system compared to the average electricity consumption) and Germany just doesn’t offer net-metering.

By: globi

globi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:45:00 +0000

Here’s an example of a 5 kW PV-System with everything included for €1.22 /W:
http://www.photovoltaikforum.com/angebote-f41/94369-5kwp-1220eur-et-solar-t88095.html

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:08:00 +0000

A “less than 7 years” payback is a better than 10% return on investment.

Just try to find a relatively safe place to invest your money at 10%. (And please let me know if you do. lo)

By: Dimitar Mirchev

Dimitar Mirchev — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:40:00 +0000

1520 euro/kWp with 900 kWh/kWp per year and electricity price of 25 eurocents/kWh means that the system will pay back in less than 7 years if it is built for self-consumption. Of course if electricity price stays at 25 eurocents/kWh in the next 7 years.

http://bit.ly/LrRWPW