Featured in Rising above – 11-2011

The advent of grid parity

Spain: With the decline of module prices, solar energy in sunny regions such as Spain is taking big strides toward becoming competitive with conventional energy. This is even more important because Spanish solar energy technologies can no longer really depend on any future subventions, even though a new government will likely take over after the parliamentary elections in November.

Alfredo Rubalcaba is waging a nearly hopeless battle. The socialist candidate for Prime Minister of Spain has to brace himself for a bitter defeat in the elections on November 20, 2011, given the general disappointment with the current government of Rubalcaba’s Socialist party colleague, José Luis Zapatero. Many voters blame the current government elected in …

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