Photovoltaic, now it's booming for self-consumption by families and SMEs

Surprise, the Italian photovoltaic has risen again: from the 70% drop in turnover recorded at the end of 2013 after the end of the record incentives, at the end of 2014 the sector reached 648.183 plants installed in the country, with a total power of 18.325 MW, reaching almost the 15% of the total installed worldwide: he says it ANIE Renewables, the only Confindustria voice in the sector, which represents the manufacturers of components and plants for the production of energy from photovoltaic, wind, biomass and geothermal, mini-hydraulic. In light of these numbers the park installed in Italy is the third in the world behind only Germany and China and ahead of giants such as the USA and Japan.
 
But, secondly, surprisingly, it is no longer the large plants that are taking the lead but the small or very small ones, i.e. those destined for the self-consumption of families. In fact, the ANIE Renewable data speak of a sector that in the last year has seen a growth of small plants: crossing the number of plants installed in 2014 (50.571 units) with the value of the power implemented (385 MW) shows that last year it was the plants of the residential sector. These data confirm the current trend towards an increasingly fragmented energy production coming "from below" with all the consequences of the case on traditional thermoelectric plants.
 
In practice, the sector has managed to withstand the post-incentive crisis also thanks to the Irpef deductions for installation on residential buildings, between 3 and 6 kW of power.
 
And precisely within this power class, the maximum installed power was recorded in 2014, equal to 123,6 MWp (megawatt peak, or the nominal power of a photovoltaic system). The second power class was that between 20 and 200 kW, typical of the industrial sector, where at the end of 2014 there was an installed power of 97,98 MWp.
 
“It is significant that in 2014 photovoltaic installations were mainly small-medium sized: about 60% of the installed power is represented by plants up to 20 kW – comments the President of ANIE Rinnovabili, Emilio Cremona. - Households and SMEs really believe in photovoltaicsthe data proves it. And with the 50% tax deduction, extended until 31 December 2015, a concrete return on the investments made is possible in a short time: in five years it is already possible to amortize the costs. Not to mention the fact that the expenses to be incurred have decreased by about 75% compared to a few years ago. We are pleased to be able to say that there is an Italian photovoltaic market that goes beyond incentive mechanisms and that is developing constantly and continuously. It is precisely from the residential sector, from the new storage technologies and from the stimulus to self-consumption that the impetus for the restart of our industrial sector must come."