The CPV sector is currently competing with green technologies that have sufficiently proved their feasibility (biofuels, wind, PV...) finding easier to receive governmental subsidies and tax benefits that make them more attractive to potential investors.
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According to a new report entitled “The CPV Challenge (Part I): Achieving Grid Parity”, written by the University of Jaen (Spain) and CPV today, CPV could reach grid parity between 2011 and 2015 in places with high levels of solar irradiance. Efficiency increases in both cells and optics will be instrumental in bringing about significant cost reductions.
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A call for major amendment in California's FITs
CPVToday.com Special
Tam Hunt, Energy Program Director and Attorney, Community Environmental Council recently acknowledged that California still has some weak feed-in tariffs or FITs in place.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has given a Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA) in an effort to support the goal of DOE's Solar America Initiative (SAI) to reduce the cost of solar photovoltaic technologies.
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Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., whose committee is responsible for writing energy legislation, is to soon review a draft bill that could require that 20 – 25 percent of the nation's electricity coming from renewable energy sources.
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TUV Rheinland Group and Arizona State University (ASU) have launched TUV Rheinland, a 40,000 square-foot facility for testing and certification of solar energy equipment.
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