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No Solar Outside Germany?Christoph Gallas reports in the public Facebook group Bürgerinitiative-Braunsbedra about his impressions regarding solar installations in southern Europe. Photo from the original post Here is the link to the original post on Facebook » The topic of solar energy seems omnipresent in Germany. Perhaps this is because many of us are deeply engaged with it. On my trip to vacation, I noticed this especially. As soon as you cross the border into Bavaria, you see ground-mounted photovoltaic systems everywhere. They stretch almost to the Austrian border. Roofs in Germany are also often equipped with solar panels. But once you cross the border into Austria, the picture changes. Ground-mounted systems are hardly visible anymore, although rooftops continue to be well utilized. On my drive through Austria, I only spotted a small PV system on a high-altitude alpine pasture, about 2-3 hectares in size. After crossing into Slovenia, solar energy becomes even rarer. Ground-mounted photovoltaic systems practically do not exist, and solar panels on residential buildings are like finding a needle in a haystack. This could be due to the financial situation of the locals. In Croatia, the situation does not change significantly. Even in holiday areas, where one might expect locals to have more money, solar installations are a rarity. Almost everything here runs on electricity: air conditioners operate 24 hours a day, water is heated with boilers, and cooking is electric too. One wonders why solar power isn’t being used here. One possible reason might be the low electricity price of about 14 cents per kilowatt-hour and the even cheaper gas price under 5 cents per kilowatt-hour. In Croatia, there is also no feed-in tariff for excess electricity produced. However, you can feed your excess electricity into the grid and withdraw it later as needed, making battery storage unnecessary. Only electricity produced beyond your own consumption is effectively given away. For Germany, this would be an ideal solution. I could generate electricity in summer and use it in winter with a heat pump. That’s it from me for now. Now I’m enjoying my vacation. Matthias Kaiser Mr. Gallas, then go somewhere tourists don’t like to go; there are definitely PV systems there, and electricity is very cheap too—not like here. Christoph Gallas Matthias Kaiser I obviously only saw what you can see on the tourist routes. But that’s where it stood out most to me. In Slovenia and Croatia, I also traveled through the countryside, in areas where there surely are no tourists. I spoke with my landlords here, who didn’t even know exactly what they pay for electricity. They had thought about PV, but from their point of view, it wasn’t affordable. If I had their electricity prices at home, I probably wouldn’t install PV either. Or did you mean it’s rather built out of sight here to preserve the landscape for tourists? Andreas Schwurack Christoph Gallas Oh yes, in Milokkokia or Mazarakia, Greece, Epirus, huge installations are built on the mountains... Admittedly, energy prices in Greece are about the same as ours, and that’s already tough... Author: AI-Translation - Die im Artikel genannten Poster | 17.07.2024 |
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