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Great savings potential

Self-consumption: Solar power plants are still attractive for farmers. This is demonstrated by the example of a farming operation in which scientists have evaluated the consumption of self-produced electricity and electricity purchased from the grid, taking into account the possibility of load shifting. The studys authors, Josef Neiber and Werner Schmid, explain.

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pv magazine

01 Mar 2013

Until now, many farmers in Germany have installed solar power systems on their large roofs to take advantage of the feed-in tariff. But because the subsidy is rapidly decreasing, this business model is becoming less and less effective, bringing up the question of whether the installations can be financed via savings in the cost of …

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