Totally 88.69 megawatt (MW) solar power production capacity has been registered for this round. The country’s target for new capacity during 2009 is 500 MW. Spain added more than 3 gigawatts worth of new solar power in 2008 alone.
The first feed-in tariff was launched back in 2007 with a goal of 400 MW to be installed by 2010, media reported. Spain had installed 344 MW by September 2007 and the government suspended the program.
According to Thomas Dias from the Spanish Photovoltaic Industry Association, the government was still overwhelmed with applications for the new program, leading to a month’s delay in publishing the register and the loss of more than 15,000 jobs.
