Horb a.N. meets conditions for ‘Domestic content’, may 03, 2010. With new feed-in tariffs, the Canadian province of Ontario ensures boom in the market for renewable energy. To participate to the domestic economy in the boom, the Government demands that a significant proportion of the value added in the country must take place. DEGERenergie manufactures its systems in Ontario to do this recently and it already meets the harsher conditions of the Government in terms of local content required from 2011. MicroFIT (micro feed-in tariff) is an essential element of the new feed-in tariff structure in Ontario.
Aims of microFIT in particular, give rise to many smaller solar systems. Who operates a photovoltaic plant with a capacity of up to 10 KW, receives proud Canadian 80.2 cents per injected kilowatt-hour (kWh) equivalent to approximately 51.4 euro cents. This price is insured by the Government for the next 20 years. No wonder, the solar industry is booming letting such a tariff. Important but not in Ontario “resident companies: the domestic content compliance” of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) calls for microFIT projects that go until end of 2010 in operation that generates at least 40 percent of the project costs in the form of products and services in the country. From 1 January 2011, rate must be the domestic content (DC) or local content at least 60 percent.
The current brand is now 50 percent, from 2011 also at 60 percent for larger PV projects. Foreign producers can operate so only this market, if they shift a significant portion of their value added there”, explains Artur Deger, Managing Director of DEGERenergie. The prerequisites for this has already created his company and has built up a manufacturing in Ontario. Thus we are fulfilling the conditions of the Government in terms of local content required from 2011, even.” The Declaration of conformity, which confirms this is granted.