An overview of solar photovoltaic energy in Mexico and Germany

A study on global solar PV energy developments and policies with special focus on the top ten solar PV power producing countries

“…This change in policy encourages self-consumption of solar electricity and selling electricity in the wholesale power market [21]. In Germany, the banks also support the developments of solar PV either for the small industries or large industries, even in current economic crisis days [22].…”

“…In the USA, the net electricity generation from renewable energy was 12.5%. At the end of 2012, Germany had consumed electricity up to 22.9% (up from 20.5% in 2011) from renewable energy and it met 12.6% of the energy demand. In Germany, the total power generation of renewable energy was 136 TWh (which was more than 10% of 2011), with the share of 33.8% of wind energy, 30% of biomass, 20.65% of solar PV and 15.6% of hydro energy.…”

The cost-effectiveness of household photovoltaic systems in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Australia: Linking subsidies with emission reductions

“…Although this is substantially larger than household PV capacities it is a similar concept, utilising both market prices and a competitive process to determine a FIT level. These policy suggestions are not too late for some counties, such as Mexico, where FITs in other countries are being examined to determine best FIT policy options [33].…”

Technical and economic study for the integration of parabolic trough collectors coupled to a binary cycle

“…En este sentido, México ocupa el cuarto lugar en capacidad instalada a nivel mundial con 1,017.4 MW netos provenientes de energía geotérmica, teniendo en la mayor parte del territorio recursos de media y baja entalpía que no son explotados para la generación de electricidad [1]. Por otro lado, se estima que el potencial solar bruto del país es en promedio 5 kWh/m2/día, lo cual representa alrededor de 50 veces el total de energía eléctrica generada en el país [2]. La combinación de estas dos fuentes energéticas podría aumentar el potencial de uso de estas fuentes renovables, disminuyendo las desventajas que presentan cuando operan de manera separada.…”