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Transcript of European Position Paper and Action Plan
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
European Position Paper and Action Plan
Support Schemes
dedicated to Willem and Wim
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Content
Position• Conclusions Best Practice Report• Conclusion 1ste Thematic WG meeting• Position Team Proposal
Action plan• Conclusions Best Practice Report• Conclusion 1ste Thematic WG meeting• Position Team Proposal
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Feed in tariff – best practices:• Germany: high tariff, decreasing each year,
plus long term security
• Spain: high tariff, following electricity price developments, plus long term security
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Feed in tariff – requirements:• differentiation of the tariff: local irradiation,
sort of installation • long term security of payment (return on
investment)• annual decrease of the tariff,
following/forcing reduction of costs
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Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Tax incentives – best practices:• France: 40 % tax credit plus 14,1% VAT
reduction
• Sweden: 70 tax credits (for PV on public buildings)
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Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Tax incentives requirements:• the total refunds should be worth the
administrative effort• the incentive scheme should be easily
accessible • the procedure should be simple and straight
forward
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Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Tax incentive examples:• VAT reduction, • tax credits, independent of the taxes paid• tax deduction for part of the costs• possibility to move investment tax deduction for• or backward in time reduction of property taxes• no tax on investment profit
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Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Other instruments – requirements:• the total refunds should be worth the administrative
effort
• the incentive scheme should be easily accessible, and the procedure should be simple and straight forward.
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Position: Conclusions Best Practice Report:
Other instruments – examples:• direct subsidies in % of project costs• direct subsidies in €/Wp• soft loans, well below the base-interest
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Conclusions 1st Thematic WG
Feed in tariff:• feed-in tariff and grid access code are crucial. • the consequences of feed-in tariff and subsidies
for final consumers (cost agreement) need to be further elaborated in the rapporteurs' working groups.
• feed-in tariff calculation is a complicated exercise.
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Position: Conclusions 1st Thematic WG
Feed in tariff:• the reasons why feed-in tariff is the most
efficient market mechanism should be explained
• the objectives of the feed-in tariff scheme should be defined.
• feed-in tariff values should be moderate.
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Position: Conclusions 1st Thematic WG
Feed in tariff:• the principle of cost effectiveness has to be
followed.• the feed-in tariff scheme should not be
modified• the feed-in tariff cost should be passed to the
consumers
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Position: Conclusions 1st Thematic WG
Tax incentives:• not discussed
Other instruments:• not discussed
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Position: Proposal
Reasoning:• no contribution from PV in EU in near future:
0,5% by 2010
• large long term market: 20 – 40 % in 2050
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Reasoning:• need for preparation of desired long term
market
• no need for fast development of undesired niche markets
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Statement:• long term PV market in Northern Europe is
building integrated PV
• long term markets for Southern Europe are (very) large scale power plants plus building integrated PV
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Position: Proposal
Statement:• the support scheme should be independent
from the government budget
• the support scheme should be controlable (by the government
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Position: Proposal
Set – up 1:• a limited feed in tariff for a small market
• an additional investment support to attract early adopters and fine-tune market growth
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Set – up 1:combination of
feed-in tariff (1) and
investment support (2)
1 2
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Position: Proposal
Set – up 2:• a feed in tariff with a ‘moving cap’:
a) annual capb) quotum cap
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Position: Proposal
Recommendations for feed-in tariffs:• avoid combinations of high tariffs and caps.
• avoid tariffs, that cause unpredictable and uncontrollable market growth.
• design a scheme with a differentiated tariff,
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Position: Proposal
Recommendations for feed-in tariffs:• calculate tariffs, based on the best (=most cost
effective) systems
• design a scheme that stimulates or forces prise reductions.
• consider net-metering
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Position: Proposal
Examples of investment support instruments:• VAT reduction for PV systems
• a generic subsidy in Euro/Wp
• a tender subsidy for most cost efficient projects
• tax deduction possibilities for investments in PV (or other sustainable solutions)
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Position: Proposal
Examples of investment support instruments:• tax credits, refunded to the applicant
independent of the tax bill
• reduction community or real estate tax
• refund of real estate costs, when acquired from the community
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Position: Proposal
Aspects of investment support instruments:• VAT reduction:
- easy to implement- little to no administration- loss of state income (DE 2005: 500 MEuro)
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Aspects of investment support instruments:• Euro / Wp subsidy:
- requires government budget- requires separate administration
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Position: Proposal
Aspects of investment support instruments:• Tender:
- requires government budget- requires separate administration- more appropriate for demo - phase
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Aspects of investment support instruments:• Tax deduction:
- easy to implement- little to no administration- loss of state income- income dependent
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Aspects of investment support instruments:• Tax credits:
- easy to implement- little to no administration- loss of state income
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Position: Proposal
Aspects of investment support instruments:• Real estate tax or cost reduction:
- difficult to implement- often under local government - large differences throughout the country
4 May 2006 PV Policy Group - Thematic WG - 2nd meeting
Action Plan: Objectives
2007:A broad support for a standard method to set up national support schemes for the acceleration of PV deployment
2008:Increased harmonisation of national support schemes for the acceleration of PV deployment
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Action Plan: Targets
2007: • A support scheme recommended by the European Commission and
supported by the PV Policy Group, EPIA and the PV Technology Platform;
• A guideline describing how to set up an effective and controllable support scheme.
• A common and generally accepted calculation method for the determination of a feed-in tariff
• National position papers and action plans for setting up national support schemes for the acceleration of PV deployment
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Action Plan: Targets
2008:• National support schemes based on the national position
papers and national action plans in the countries participating in the PV Policy Group
2010:• National support schemes based on the European position
paper and the European action plan in all EU member states
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Action Plan: Steps
1. Tuning with WG1 (Policy and Instruments) and WG2 (Market) of the PV Technology Platform;
2. Tuning with the PV Technology Platform – Mirror Group;
3. Presentation for the PV Technology Platform; 4. Discussion wit the EC – TREN on the publication of a
Recommended approach for the support of market implementation of PV energy systems;
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Action Plan: Steps
1. Formulation of a recommended support scheme;2. Organisation of a conference for high level
government officials, presenting and elucidating the recommended approach for the support of market implementation of PV energy systems;
3. formulation of national position papers and national action plans.
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Action Plan: Budget
Action Hours Budget Formulation of support scheme 40 2400 Tuning with WG 1 and WG 2 of the PVTP 40 2400 Tuning with PVTP – Mirror Group 20 1200 Presentation for the PVTP 20 1200 Discussions with EC DG TREN 40 600 Preparation of the Recommended approach for support of an accelerated implementation of PV power systems
120 2400
Organisation of a high level conference on implementation of PV power systems
120 5000
Formulation of national position papers and action plans 800 -