From pv magazine Spain
Spanish PV project developer Solaria Energía has purchased 435 MW of PV modules for the 700 MW Garoña photovoltaic complex, which it is building in Spain for €0.091/W. It said it sourced the panels from an undisclosed “top-level” manufacturer.”
The company claimed the deal was the best purchase of PV modules in its history.
“This price level represents an improvement of 2.15% compared to the last purchase in December 2023 and a reduction of 71% compared to 2022 prices,” it said in a statement.
A Solaria spokesperson told pv magazine that it is a purchase at origin – that is, with incoterm FOB (free on board). That means that the seller is responsible for taking the goods to the port of shipment and loading them on the ship for export.
“This implies at least €0.01 more per watt for transportation, which is included in the delivery duty paid (DDP) incoterm,” Asier Ukar, director of consultancy Kiwa PI Berlin in Spain, told pv magazine.
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Under the DDP incoterm, the seller assumes all responsibilities and costs associated with the transportation of the goods. This includes import duties, taxes and other charges until the goods are completely delivered to the destination agreed with the buyer.
Ukar said an unspecified developer also recently bought 660 W panels for a utility-scale plant at $0.114/Wp (€0,10/Wp) including delivery to the site.
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Wouldn’t it be a better world if such a manufacture would sell the same product to everyone at such a low price regardless of amount being bought so that we all can benefit from the the power of the daylight & sun.
You would think that would be so, but there ARE factors to consider, such as how much power it generated by location and how far it has to be transmitted.
It’s cheaper to build solar and use it locally than to build the transmission lines and lose a certain percentage to go even a few hundred miles away.
I suspect we will see more solar around warmer climates where the sun is more consistent at a more optimal angle and more wind power in places where the wind blows.
If places have neither, there is importing, nuclear, hydro, biomass, or moving somewhere else.
Costs of transmission and different amounts of power production from the same type of product, depending on site, should indeed not influence the cost of solar panels. They shall lead to different power prices, and give incentives to energy-intesive industries to settle at areas with good solar resources.