Femepa has assured this Saturday that the Government "does not recognize the particularities" of the Canary Islands by cutting support for photovoltaic solar energy.
This was shown by the collective after the approval of the Royal Decree-Law on urgent measures to correct the electricity tariff deficit and in which Industry "retroactively cut for the second time in 2010 the framework of support for photovoltaic solar energy, accusing it of being the cause of the tariff deficit of the entire Spanish electricity system".
In this regard, and as reported by Femepa in a statement, the RICAM Cluster of Renewable Energies, Environment and Water Resources and the Canarian Association of Renewable Energies (ACER) have also shown "their total rejection" of the Decree-Law.
They add that with this rule, the Canary Islands "pays the tariff deficit of the Spanish electricity system", since it "seriously punishes the production of photovoltaic solar energy" in the islands by suffering the "largest cut of all" the State.
In this sense, both organizations insist that the formula used by the central government "does not recognize" the particularities of the islands, since it "does not take into account" the differences in solar production in each of the climatic zones, nor does it distinguish the facilities by their greater or lesser efficiency, which "means penalizing those who have made a superior economic effort."
In addition, they add, the few new plants that are carried out from now on "will be forced to sacrifice" quality and energy efficiency to make them profitable.
The Canary Islands, they stress, which has the highest number of annual hours of sunshine in Spain and produces electricity through renewable energies at a lower cost than with the use of fossil fuels, will have to endure the adjustment imposed by the State to a "greater extent" than the rest of the autonomous communities.
This comparative grievance will mean that between 2011 and 2013 the losses for Canarian producers amount to about 100 million euros, 30 percent of total revenues, while the facilities located in the North of Spain "will practically not suffer losses".
On the other hand, the measures will mean for the Government of the Canary Islands a fall in the collection of the IGIC in the coming years, to which will be added the impact on municipal revenues through the different taxes and fees associated with the activity, as well as on those of income and companies.
Finally, they warn that the solar energy sector in the Canary Islands begins to verify the "massive withdrawal" of foreign investors who with the new measures imposed will transfer their funds from Spain to other countries such as Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and China, where they find stable conditions and the necessary legal security.
RICAM and ACER, they affirm, are holding meetings with institutions and political forces to obtain support in order to avoid the consequences of this legislation. Its application will mean that "more than 1,000 private investors and companies in the Canary Islands lose their facilities because they cannot meet the obligations". (EUROPA PRESS)
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