Following on from our overview of developments with the Italian feed-in tariff system in PV Power #24, we can provide some further information on the rather complex incentive arrangements: In addition to the 20 year feed-in tariffs of between 0,445 and 0,49 EUR/kWh, system owners retain the financial benefits of net metering or on-site consumption of the electricity generated, i.e. they reduce their power purchases from their electricity supplier.

For plants up to 20 kW, an additional 0,15 EUR/kWh value is derived from net metering. Plants in the range 20 to 50 kW will see an extra 0,14 EUR/kWh if power is used onsite or 0,095 EUR/kWh if selling their power. Plants above 50 kW can bank on 0,13 or 0,08 EUR/kWh for on site consumption or sale respectively. This means, for example, that a simple 51 kW system could potentially accrue up to 0,62 EUR for each kWh of PV generated electricity. A further 10% will be added to the feed-in tariff for building integrated systems.

For those who are still confused, we aim to clarify this further in the feed-in tariffs feature in our next edition! Not surprisingly, the demand for PV in Italy continues to go through the roof, with applications for the feed-in tariff totalling almost 390 MW since it was launched just over a year ago.

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