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Solar Stocks Down on Spanish Subsidy Concerns

The current price per kilowatt/hour for produced solar thermal electricity in Spanish electricity projects stands at 30 cents. The rate is subsidized by the Spanish Government for a period of 25 years in order to support & encourage the innovation and implementation of alternative domestic energy sources, environmentally friendly clean electricity and to support local electricity production. (official Spanisch statement)
I can't find any pressrelease in the Spanisch newspapers about cutting down subsidies in solar power. Please Mr. Savitz. Give us the official Spanisch gouvernmental statement and the name of the man who did the proposel........

Solar Stocks Down on Spanish Subsidy Concerns

Hoi Muddling investor,

More and more laws about altenergy are made by the European Commission. Don't see Europe anymore split up bij different countries.

Confessions of a Shallow Solar Trader

an article found on the EU website


Date: 12/06/2008, 09:10

After a mixed year 2007, Solar Thermal comes again strong in 2008

Brussels/Munich 12 June 2008. Solar thermal encountered mixed developments in Europe in 2007. The biggest national market, Germany, declined while many other countries enjoyed double-digit growth rates. Sales in 2008 have started strong and the industry looks optimistically into the future. At Intersolar 2008, the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation publishes their latest market statistics for Europe.




“The Mediterranean countries have performed well last year. And some of the small EU markets have virtually exploded”, says ESTIF president Gerhard Rabensteiner. “Solar thermal sales grew by 74% in Slovenia and the Irish market tripled in just one year. The overall result was not stellar, but sales in the first months of 2008 have been very positive, especially in the German market”.



Last year, the total market for glazed collectors in the 27 EU Member States and Switzerland decreased by 9% to 1,9 GWth of new capacity (2,7 million m2 of collector area). The total capacity in operation at the end of 2007 reached 154, GWth (22 million m2).



Several factors contributed to the shrinking of the solar thermal market in Germany in 2007. The increase of the VAT rate at the beginning of the year was only one of them. The development of the solar thermal market was strongly influenced by that of the overall heating equipment market, which showed a strong decrease last year. Fortunately, 2008 started much stronger: In the first four months, sales in Germany increased considerably and the German Solar Industry Association, BSW-Solar has updated their growth expectation for 2008 to +40%.



The ups-and-downs that the industry encountered over the years in several markets, are partly also a consequence of a stop-and-go dynamic of many public support programmes. Financial and other incentives are introduced into the market and then again reduced or completely removed just one or two years later. In the expectation of new support, consumers have often postponed their decision to invest into solar thermal until a new programme is actually in place. Stable and positive framework conditions are a pre-requisite for healthy long-term growth the solar thermal markets. This is why ESTIF is convinced of the great benefits of solar obligations for new and refurbished buildings.



Overall, the longer term outlook for solar thermal is very bright, everywhere in Europe. ESTIF is particularly satisfied that the European Commission has tabled a proposal for a European Directive to promote renewable energies. For the first time, this proposal fully covers also renewables in heating and cooling.



“Climate change and the now very visible finiteness of fossil fuels have put an end to the old solutions of our energy supply”, explains Gerhard Rabensteiner.”The solar thermal sector has already formulated a clear vision: In 2030 the 100% solar heated house shall be the building standard in Europe. It is only a question of time, until this vision becomes reality”



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Press Contact:



Uwe Trenkner, Secretary General



ESTIF



Renewable Energy House



Rue d’Arlon 63-67



B-1040 Bruxelles



Belgium

Lehman Recommends Pair Trades in Solar Stocks

Belgium, Antwerp may 30,

I just received my newspaper.
The flamisch goverment (5.000.000 people)decided to gave higher premiums for sunpanels for small compagnies. For the period of januari-April 2008 small compagnies invested for 391,5 million Euro in renewed energysystems.
Belgium is one of the smallest countries in Europe.
Please, mister Heller, find anather job.

Lehman Recommends Pair Trades in Solar Stocks

nobody is talking about the laws of the European commission.
Every compagnie has to reduce there CO2. To do that. Sunpower is the solution. If the compagnies produce to mutch CO2 they have to bye clean air emissions. This cost a lot of money. In Belgium is it so if i place solarpanels my electricwire is going down instat of going up and i get money for it. Think about that.