L R AS Published on Monday 22 February 2021 - n° 351 - Categories:meetings
Highlights of the SFIE conference (Solar Finance & Investment Europe 2021)
The two-sided panels may be subject to standardised operating and maintenance contracts that are poorly suited to bifacials. Such panels
are becoming more and more popular among developers, but there are many influencing factors: tilt angles, selection and modification of trackers, as well as albedo. There is a need for O&M contracts that are well suited to the plant and the panels.
Hydrogen : its potential will be too lucrative to be ignored. There are very few developers not yet involved in this gas. Hydrogen will increase revenue streams. "The market will reach a point where all the players in renewable energy will no longer be able to do without this new opportunity," according to Smart Energy. This will be the consequence of the drop in solar electricity prices in Europe requiring other revenues. What is important is the change of political will to support this production from the outset.
Business Purchase Agreements (PPAs) The pandemic and the fall in electricity consumption has forced homeowners to shorten the duration of contracts to seven or eight years against an average of 15 years. European PPAs are becoming increasingly financial.
PV Tech of 8 February 2021
