Milk the Sun, the international online marketplace for photovoltaic systems, project rights and undeveloped areas is now available in Spanish. This move was taken in order to meet the requirements of the Latin American market as this market continues on its rapid development. Buoyed by the continuing business success of the German, Italian, English and French language versions, the 2012 launched MilktheSun.com now adds www.milkthesun.com/esp to its portfolio of online portals.
Latin America will add to Milk the Suns core European markets, while joining North America and Japan in the companies move to become a truly global market place for solar PV. Alba Miró, Country Manager Spain and Latin America states that: "We currently provide a variety of photovoltaic projects in Latin America, including in countries such as Chile, Ecuador and Costa Rica, with new project inquiries being constantly added to our portal. Comparatively, on the old continent, things do not look quite as up-beat: The number of Spanish projects on our platform is currently being revised by the provider to represent the current price and regulatory situation. Even so, the launch of a Spanish-language version of our portal is a response to the rapid development of the Central and South American markets for solar energy. "
The numbers prove Milk the Sun right: the construction of new solar systems in Latin America for this year is an estimated 450 megawatts, when compared to the previous year this is an increase of almost 400 percent. By 2017, a further increase of 13 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity is expected in Latin American countries. In Spain itself, even if the regulatory situation is currently characterized by market caution and uncertainty, there exists significant potential for those experienced investors in the medium term. Spain remains one of the larger European producers with nearly 4 percent of the energy mix generated by photovoltaic systems in the country.
"In the Spanish-speaking world there exists huge potential for the photovoltaic industry. The market is favoured by the now low system costs, extremely high levels of sunlight, and the often high electricity price. The market is also assisted by a steadily growing demand for energy, this allows for Latin American countries to become rapidly growing PV markets. Profitability, despite lack of government incentive programs, makes the region attractive for investors, but also provides new challenges" says Philip Seherr-Thoss, COO of Milk the Sun. "The efficiency of Milk the Sun, especially in terms of global business transactions, is rated highly by its international users. More generally; our PV marketplace promotes solar power generation in the worlds developing markets. "
