Within the early followingnoon on sunny days, a lot electrical energy is now being generated in Austria that the costs are damaging for hours. Anybody who makes use of electrical energy with a versatile contract will subsequently obtain more money for his or her electrical energy consumption throughout these durations. That is decreasing the curiosity of electrical energy firms in solar energy – anybody who feeds electrical energy into the grid is getting much less and fewer for it. The businesses advocate utilizing PV energy your self.
In April, “the large enlargement of photovoltaics over the past yr turned significantly clear,” the community operator APG lately introduced. At 580 GWh (million kWh), PV was in a position to feed in twelve p.c of renewables, considerably greater than twice as a lot as in the identical month final yr. In view of the excess, most electrical energy firms have now switched their remuneration for PV electrical energy to market costs, which at the moment are only some cents and are adjusted month-to-month or quarterly.
OeMAG calculates market worth
The central benchmark is the “market worth”, which has been calculated retrospectively each month for the reason that starting of the yr by OeMAG, the settlement company for inexperienced electrical energy. It has fallen from 8.14 cents/kWh in January each month and was solely 4.65 cents in April. In precept, each photovoltaic system with a most output of 500 kW can feed its electrical energy into the grid through OeMAG and thus at this worth. Electrical energy firms pays extra – but additionally much less.
Every week in the past, the Higher Austrian Power AG as a result of it’s terminating the present contracts of 20,000 prospects and can in future solely pay a fraction for the electrical energy fed into the grid. Whereas prospects beforehand acquired a assured worth of 15.73 cents, in future they may solely obtain a variable worth, which was 3.12 cents in April. Energie AG ensures a minimum of 2 cents.
The Tyrolean state power provider Tiwag has already switched the feed-in tariff for brand spanking new prospects to a “dynamic” remuneration mannequin in mid-2023. They at the moment obtain 4.6 cents/kWh, within the first quarter it was 7.7 cents. Clients with a contract concluded earlier than July 2023 will obtain the complete market worth, which was most lately 7.6 cents and within the first quarter of 2024 9.6 cents/kWh. Terminations of outdated contracts will not be at the moment deliberate, says Tiwag, and general the feed-in tariff will settle once more to the extent earlier than the power disaster – i.e. earlier than 2021.
Additionally within the Power Styria Because the starting of 2023, feeders have solely acquired a quarterly fluctuating tariff. It’s at the moment 4.63 cents/kWh internet for the second quarter of 2024. This impacts nearly half of the 25,500 prospects with a feed-in contract. 13,000 prospects whose contract was concluded earlier than January 1, 2023 have annual contracts; their present worth is 11.79 cents/kWh internet. “Clients may promote or give away their surplus solar energy to associates, relations and acquaintances throughout Austria at costs of their selecting utilizing our new ‘Sensible Neighborhood’ tariff,” defined Energie Steiermark spokesman Urs Harnik-Lauris.
On the Decrease Austrian utility EVN The provide for brand spanking new prospects is adjusted month-to-month; in Could the tariff is 4.03 cents per kWh. Many current prospects nonetheless obtain the acquisition worth for the electrical energy fed into the grid as much as the quantity they take from the grid, however with the brand new contracts provided by EVN they are going to be switched to the month-to-month fluctuating and considerably decrease market worth. In accordance with EVN, round 1 / 4 of the photovoltaic methods put in in Austria are positioned in Decrease Austria. “The extent of enlargement is now so nice that photovoltaics, like another power supply to be procured, should be evaluated very intently to the market,” it was emphasised. “As an alternative of enormous PV methods on the roof of the home or storage, the pattern is now shifting in the direction of smaller methods that cowl your personal consumption as greatest as attainable. Together with a strong storage system, you may obtain excellent leads to overlaying your personal wants and thus save some huge cash,” EVN stated in response to an APA question.
On the Salzburg AG “New prospects” who’ve been with the corporate since February 1, 2022 will obtain a remuneration of round 3.1 cents per kWh, whereas older prospects (contract begin date till January 31, 2022) will obtain round 7.4 cents per kWh. On Friday, the state power provider dominated out contract terminations on the request of the APA. Then once more, there can be a brand new tariff mannequin from July 15, 2024 that’s significantly enticing for individuals who feed in small portions. The brand new tariff consists of a fundamental remuneration of 4 cents per kWh and a particular bonus that adjustments yearly. This can be six cents per kWh till the top of January 2025, that means prospects will obtain ten cents per kWh till then. Nevertheless, the particular bonus solely applies to feeders who’re additionally prospects of Salzburg AG and just for methods as much as 50 kWpeak. On the identical time, the fundamental remuneration and particular bonus are staggered relying on consumption: from 1,000 kWh, the remuneration decreases regularly and from 3,501 kWh it’s two cents (plus a 4 cent bonus). The present 15,000 prospects who feed surplus PV electrical energy into the Salzburg AG community can, however should not have to, change. “A PV system ought to primarily be supposed to cowl self-consumption. Then it is usually most worthwhile,” stated Salzburg AG CEO Michael Baminger. “Bigger-sized methods that feed in loads of electrical energy will more and more discover themselves in a brand new power trade actuality. PV electrical energy is much less priceless as a result of it comes at a much less handy time.”
Additionally the Burgenland Power insists that photovoltaic operators ought to primarily use their very own electrical energy. The feed-in tariff is at the moment round 7.76 cents per kilowatt hour. From the corporate’s viewpoint, nevertheless, this isn’t related for a correctly deliberate PV system that’s geared in the direction of self-consumption, it stated in response to an APA question. The intention is to make use of or retailer the electrical energy produced your self and never “unnecessarily feed it into the grid,” stated the Burgenland state power provider. This may save prospects power, grid and tax prices. It’s subsequently within the curiosity of households to not have excessive feed-in costs, however low market costs in order that the electrical energy invoice is as little as attainable.
Good remuneration in Vorarlberg, Vienna and Carinthia
Greater than the market worth is at the moment accessible at Vorarlberg power provider illwerke vkw. Relying on the tariff chosen, 13 or 15 cents per kilowatt hour are at the moment paid there. Nevertheless, these costs are solely assured till the top of the yr, when they are going to be re-determined. The 13 (commonplace tariff) or 15 cents (Eco+ tariff) for the primary 3,500 kilowatt hours fed in include a fundamental payment of seven or 9 cents respectively and a particular bonus of 6 cents granted by the power firm this yr. From the three,501st kilowatt hour, 7 cents are paid as a fundamental payment in each tariffs, and 5 cents for any quantity of electrical energy past 10,000 kilowatt hours. The particular bonus is paid whatever the quantity of electrical energy. In accordance with illwerke vkw, by the top of 2023, greater than 10,700 photovoltaic system operators in Vorarlberg had generated and fed in electrical energy.
You may nonetheless get a comparatively excessive worth in your PV electrical energy in Vienna: Vienna Power at the moment pays each current and new prospects 12.04 cents/kWh. The value is all the time adjusted on April 1 and October 1 based on the event of the Austrian electrical energy worth index; earlier than the final adjustment it was 16.05 cents/kWh, a Wien Energie spokesperson defined in response to an APA inquiry. Contract terminations, as lately occurred at Energie AG in Higher Austriawill not be deliberate. The feed-in tariff applies to methods with an output of as much as 25kWpeak.
Kelag additionally provides comparatively excessive remuneration for small feeders. Carinthian power provider has two tariff fashions for electrical energy feed-in. With the traditional tiered tariff, you get 24 cents for the primary 500 kWh fed in, 18 cents for 501 to 1,000 kWh, 12 cents for between 1,001 and 5,000 kWh and 6 cents for five,001 kWh and extra. The variable feed-in tariff relies on the electrical energy alternate and will depend on the respective load profile. In Carinthia, no adjustments or terminations are at the moment deliberate for the feed-in tariffs, Kelag spokesman Josef Stocker advised APA.
