The project has been successfully completed. In the first stage of the project the research conducted has focused on the suitable business models and financing schemes identified in the seven implementation countries for the development of PV. The results are reflected in fact-sheets, guidelines and in a cash flow model tool. Additionally, the previous PV Grid Database, serving as the PV Financing database, has been updated and linked to the PV Financing website. The updated database includes the results of the business models and financing schemes.
In the second reporting period the main outcomes of the project were developed. These include the implementation guideline at national and European level. The national implementation guidelines describe step by step how to implement the potential identified business models to develop PV in the national countries, and include a description of the regulatory framework and suitable financing schemes, as well as profitability calculations and good practice examples. The European Implementation Guideline takes a general approach on guiding investors and stakeholders into developing PV projects based on the suitable business and best practice examples of how implement projects in Europe. Furthermore, contract templates were developed with the aim to give a legal framework for the development and implementation of the business models in Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK.
At the policy level the consortium developed the national and European advisory papers that describe the identified regulatory barriers and the policy recommendations for the implementation of PV projects at national level in in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK, as well as at the European level.
All the results have been disseminated through the project website, twitter, conferences, workshops, mailings and newsletters at national and European level. In total 93 articles and news were published during the project duration. Additionally, 24 webinars and 62 presentations at national and European level were also organized. The last one was also targeted to the financing and policy community at the national and at the European level. In the financing workshops the business models as well as the barriers identified and their possible solutions were introduced to private investors and decision makers in banks and insurance companies, allowing them to include these results in their decision process with regards to new investments. On the other site, the workshops focused on the policy sector assessed politicians on the necessary political framework for the application of the business models.
