在西班牙，即使是可再生能源这样的朝阳产业，也没能幸免于该国的庞大债务和更严峻的经济困境的现实的波及范围外。就在上个月，西班牙政府削减风能，太阳能的项目补贴。这一决定是与去年西班牙对可再生能源的态度形成鲜明对比，因为去年西班牙政府提供65亿欧元给可再生能源发电上。
据商业周刊报道，西班牙的最新能源计划是“减少45%的太阳能在农场上电力补贴，25%的办公工厂的大型电池板补贴，5%的家庭太阳能用电补贴。
西班牙目前位列第二位最具有光伏发电能力的国家。但上周西班牙政府决定采用最新的政策，削减对可再生能源的补贴。据Bloomberg称，政府部长们和能源公司高层不能就现存太阳能电厂的价格上达成一致意见。
补贴的减少可能对约600个光伏（PV）的太阳能设备厂商来说是一个致命的打击。根据光伏产业协会报道，这些机构很可能因为新政策将导致破产。
In Spain, even the rising industry of renewable energy is not immune to the realities of the country’s sizable debt and broader economic woes. Just last month, the Spanish government slashed subsidies for any new wind or solar thermal projects in the country. The decision was in sharp contrast to last year’s move on renewable energy, when the Spanish government provided 6.5 billion Euros to utilities as pass-through subsidies to those who are generating renewable energy.
According to Business Day, Spain’s newest plan on renewable energy will “reduce the premium above the normal electricity price guaranteed for new solar projects by 45 percent for solar or farms, by 25 percent for large panels on office or factory buildings, and by five percent for solar panels on homes.”
Spain currently ranks second among the countries with the most installed photovoltaic (PV) generating capacity. But last week the Spanish government decided to go ahead with the newest plan to cut subsidies after talks broke down over how to make broader changes to the policy on renewable energy subsidies. The discord arose, according to Bloomberg, when government ministers and energy company executives were unable to agree on prices for existing solar plants.
The subsidy reduction could prove to be a fatal blow for some 600 photovoltaic (PV) solar plant operators. According to the Photovoltaic Industry Association, those operators would be in danger of bankruptcy as a result of the new policy.
