Picture: Junta de Extremadura, Solaria
From pv journal Spain
Spanish PV challenge developer Solaria Energía has bought 435 MW of PV modules for the 700 MW Garoña photovoltaic advanced, which it’s constructing in Spain for €0.917/W. It mentioned it sourced the panels from an undisclosed “top-level” producer.”
The corporate claimed the deal was one of the best buy of PV modules in its historical past.
“This value stage represents an enchancment of two.15% in comparison with the final buy in December 2023 and a discount of 71% in comparison with 2022 costs,” it mentioned in a press release.
A Solaria spokesperson informed pv journal that it’s a buy at origin – that’s, with incoterm FOB (free on board). That signifies that the vendor is answerable for taking the products to the port of cargo and loading them on the ship for export.
“This means at the very least €0.01 extra per watt for transportation, which is included within the supply responsibility paid (DDP) incoterm,” Asier Ukar, director of consultancy Kiwa PI Berlin in Spain, informed pv journal.
Underneath the DDP incoterm, the vendor assumes all duties and prices related to the transportation of the products. This consists of import duties, taxes and different prices till the products are fully delivered to the vacation spot agreed with the customer.
Ukar mentioned an unspecified developer additionally just lately purchased 660 W panels for a utility-scale plant at €0.114/, together with supply to the positioning.
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