西班牙欲削减太阳能补贴

    近日，就在刚刚结束的可再生能源补贴会议上，据西班牙工业部，西班牙政府正着手计划削减新发电公司的太阳能电力价格。
    具体来讲，地面式太阳能的电力价格补贴可能会减少45%，大型屋顶光伏发电系统的安装减少25%，小型屋顶5%。
目前，这一价格削减法律草案送往国家能源监管机构进行商议。
    就在各部门部长和公司高层为当前电站电力价格未达成一致，致使太阳能电力补贴更广泛的变化讨论未能进行。 首相 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero政府希望逐步削减2007年关于清洁能源生产商市场价格的法律补助，从而继续控制住电力成本。
    西班牙安装的52,000个光伏电池装置每千瓦时可赚取高达440欧元（$ 573），几乎是2011年整个市场价格的10倍。
今年4月份，据工业部长发言人Miguel Sebastian，政府于可能会削减目前投入使用的和正在建设的电站的补贴，政府希望通过控制电价，从而提高西班牙市场的竞争能力。
    然而，包括伦敦HG Capital和丹麦AP Pensions在内的基金管理机构都认为，这样的补助削减有背于政府当时公布的25年的补贴计划。
    据西班牙银行协会估计，国内银行给可再生能源项目的贷款已达到400亿欧元。如果削减补贴，约600家光伏电站运营商可能面临破产。

          
          Spain Proceeds With Plans to Cut Solar Subsidies After Talks Break Down
Spain is proceeding with plans to cut prices for solar power from new generators, the Industry Ministry said, after talks on broader changes to renewable energy subsidies broke down last week.
Prices for power from ground-based panels may be cut by 45 percent while photovoltaic generators mounted on large roofs face a 25 percent reduction and plants on small roofs will see a 5 percent cut, the ministry said in a statement.
The price cuts are included in a draft law sent to the national energy regulator for consultation.
Discussions on broader changes to subsidies for solar power were suspended after ministers and company executives failed to agree on prices for existing plants. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s government wants to keep a lid on electricity costs by paring back a 2007 law granting above- market prices for clean-energy producers.
Spain’s 52,000 photovoltaic-panel installations earn as much as 440 euros ($573) a megawatt-hour, or almost 10 times the futures price for 2011 power in the wholesale market.
A spokesman for Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian said in April the government may cut the rate paid to existing plants in addition to ones yet to be built, as the government seeks to boost the competitiveness of Spanish industry by reining in power prices.
Funds including London-based HG Capital and Denmark’s AP Pensions have argued that the government was reneging on its legal obligation to maintain the subsidies for 25 years.
The Spanish Banking Association estimated domestic banks have loaned 40 billion euros to renewable-energy projects. Some 600 photovoltaic plant operators may face bankruptcy if the subsidies are cut, the Photovoltaic Industry Association has said.