近日，就在剛剛結束的可再生能源補貼會議上，據西班牙工業部，西班牙政府正著手計劃削減新發電公司的太陽能電力價格。
    具體來講，地面式太陽能的電力價格補貼可能會減少45%，大型屋頂光伏發電系統的安裝減少25%，小型屋頂5%。
目前，這一價格削減法律草案送往國家能源監管機構進行商議。
    就在各部門部長和公司高層為當前電站電力價格未達成一致，致使太陽能電力補貼更廣泛的變化討論未能進行。 首相 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero政府希望逐步削減2007年關于清潔能源生產商市場價格的法律補助，從而繼續控制住電力成本。
    西班牙安裝的52,000個光伏電池裝置每千瓦時可賺取高達440歐元（$ 573），幾乎是2011年整個市場價格的10倍。
今年4月份，據工業部長發言人Miguel Sebastian，政府于可能會削減目前投入使用的和正在建設的電站的補貼，政府希望通過控制電價，從而提高西班牙市場的競爭能力。
    然而，包括倫敦HG Capital和丹麥AP Pensions在內的基金管理機構都認為，這樣的補助削減有背于政府當時公布的25年的補貼計劃。
    據西班牙銀行協會估計，國內銀行給可再生能源項目的貸款已達到400億歐元。如果削減補貼，約600家光伏電站運營商可能面臨破產。

          
          Spain Proceeds With Plans to Cut Solar Subsidies After Talks Break Down
Spain is proceeding with plans to cut prices for solar power from new generators, the Industry Ministry said, after talks on broader changes to renewable energy subsidies broke down last week.
Prices for power from ground-based panels may be cut by 45 percent while photovoltaic generators mounted on large roofs face a 25 percent reduction and plants on small roofs will see a 5 percent cut, the ministry said in a statement.
The price cuts are included in a draft law sent to the national energy regulator for consultation.
Discussions on broader changes to subsidies for solar power were suspended after ministers and company executives failed to agree on prices for existing plants. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s government wants to keep a lid on electricity costs by paring back a 2007 law granting above- market prices for clean-energy producers.
Spain’s 52,000 photovoltaic-panel installations earn as much as 440 euros ($573) a megawatt-hour, or almost 10 times the futures price for 2011 power in the wholesale market.
A spokesman for Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian said in April the government may cut the rate paid to existing plants in addition to ones yet to be built, as the government seeks to boost the competitiveness of Spanish industry by reining in power prices.
Funds including London-based HG Capital and Denmark’s AP Pensions have argued that the government was reneging on its legal obligation to maintain the subsidies for 25 years.
The Spanish Banking Association estimated domestic banks have loaned 40 billion euros to renewable-energy projects. Some 600 photovoltaic plant operators may face bankruptcy if the subsidies are cut, the Photovoltaic Industry Association has said.