spainrico

Yes this is good news....

Jon-Bxl

Yes, we live near to the solar generation tower in Seville - its impressive and I think can be seen from the ISS...

Wind power is also interesting... but back ups are needed for when the wind doesn't blow

https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgiu...-across-europe

Jon

Fred James

I'm just about to instal solar panels. The fact that the subsidies cover 100% of the costs is a good incentive!

Casa Santo Estevo

Solar sector asking for bailouts.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...a-competition/

DLC

You can tell which technologies are the future, like EV and solar, they're the ones that China is subsidising like mad to put the rest of the world out of business.

bfg69bug

really? is that new ? thats why we didnt go with a company to do it, they wanted silly money, 5 / 6 / 7 k for the setup i have, and it cost me 3.5k to do. They said the subs had run out, and if we got anything back at all its a paperwork mission and would take years ?

Casa Santo Estevo

There is a blogger here in the Northwest of Spain. Who can agree with you.
Professionally installed panels. They received all kinds of papers from installation comapny. These gave the said company gave permission to apply for permits and arrange everything on behalf of house owner.It was after this stage that the story turns sour. The electrical installation did not include a bulletin. That was said not to be an issue. Somehow this was messed up with delays and wrong information documented. A local electrician was eventually called and after some changes the bulletin was issued. Electric supply company said the house was officially unoccupied. That had to be disrupted. After chasing the installers to enquire about where their application was, they are basically hearing a stony silence.
It has been 2 years and 6 months and they still not had a cent back. Still cannot feed into the grid either.

Fred James

There are bound to be some cowboys around who will rip you off with promises of subsidies. A decent company does all the paperwork for licences and grants. It's certainly not something you would want to do yourself. The grants come from the EU via the regional government. The subsidy is €600 per Kw of panel output and €490 per Kw of battery. On top of that you get a 50% discount on your IBI for at least 3 years, and you can claim 40% off your income tax bill. That is not an extra allowance - it is a full deduction from your tax bill.
Any excess energy you create is fed back into the grid and you get paid 10 cents a Kw/h as a credit to you electricity bill. If it exceeds the bill it is carried forward. When you use power from the grid you pay 14 cents/Kwh.

All the electricity suppliers will do the installation, paperwork etc or you can use one of the many solar companies. The only downside is that it may take some time to get the local grants as there is now a huge waiting list. The IBI reduction will be quicker and the income tax you will get in the tax year following the installation.

It is a comparatively recent "green" initiative. Only a few years ago. the electricity companies charged YOU for the energy you generated! It was referred to as the "Sun Tax".