Solar: Country Profiles

Republic of Austria

Installed Solar Capacity (2017):  1,269 MW ^[1]

Solar gross electricity production (2017): 1.3 TWh ^[1]

% of total electricity production capacity (2017):  5.2 % ^[1]

Electricity price (2018): 0.23 USD / KWh ^[2]

Net metering:

Licenses, certifications, standards etc. practices:

Cost of installing residential solar*: 2,000 EUR / KW

Federal funding: 275 EUR / kWp

Feed-in tariff: 2.8 cents / kWh ^[5]

References:

[1]  EU Energy in Figures: Statistical Pocketbook 2019. Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.

[2] Wang, T. “Electricity Prices around the World 2018.” Statista, Statista, 18 Nov. 2019, www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-prices-in-selected-countries/.

[3] Sönnichsen, N. “Austria: Cumulative Solar PV Capacity 2013-2018.” Statista, Statista, 14 Feb. 2020, www.statista.com/statistics/497480/connected-and-cumulated-photovoltaic-capacity-in-austria/.

[4] Sönnichsen, N. “Austria: Solar PV Capacity Additions 2017-2018.” Statista, 6 Feb. 2020, www.statista.com/statistics/497356/installed-photovoltaic-capacity-austria/.

[5] Photovoltaik Preise: Was Kostet Eine Photovoltaikanlage?, 8 Apr. 2020, www.suntastic.solar/photovoltaik-preise/.