Post by Deleted on May 10, 2017 10:36:44 GMT
BoBo - My quick review of Solar Panels :
UK currently not viable without substantial subsidies from conventionally produced electricity.
Germany ditto but present in large numbers because they are compulsory for new builds
France few headline projects such as Techno Pole in the Haute Vienne but as UK for domestic use.
Spain so vastly over subsidised that the Spanish government had to introduce a special tax on their income to avoid.
Malta very rare
I am not sure about Morocco.
Subsidies for solar continue to fall (I know I got the best ones at the highest cost of capital) and certainly areas around the equator are now achieving non subsidy profits (again google helps here). Morocco's unit is a massive unit and is powering a very large industrial complex, a search on youtube may be interesting
When I was a lad 14% was the upper limit, I've seen multiple solars (layers) achieving 35% with targets of 40% and above, but my own view is, for northern climes we should look at wind and water. We have lots of it and we are learning the technology, hence my interest in AC getting into offshore wind.
The Spanish (my better half is an enviromental engineer/lawyer) made a complete cods of their deal BTW almost as dumb as the NIrish.