Costa Rica

Oct 9th 2013Today ICE, with support from MINAET, launched a significant new program to stimulate small-scale renewable energy generation. It is named the Net-metering Pilot Project.

This Project is extremely important because for the first time in Costa Rica’s history the utilities are inviting customers who invest in small-scale, distributed generation to connect their generation directly to the ICE distribution network. This is a tremendous step forward for Costa Rican consumers hoping to reduce their carbon footprint as well as take more control of their own energy generation and security. (To appreciate the magnitude of this change, consider that up till now ICE and distributors have penalized consumers who install solar panels and wind turbines and connect them to the grid).

All customers can participate, whether they are residential, commercial, industrial or agricultural sector consumers. Participants must add clean, renewable generation at their property, ie solar, wind, biomass, hydro, etc. The entire program is limited in size to 5 MW (ie the equivalent of 5 million Watts of capacity), and a significant portion of this capacity is reserved exclusively for residential consumer. This will prevent the potential that a handful of large industrials could oversubscribe the program.

ICE has indicated that once the program does approach its 5 MW capacity, that they expect to raise the capacity ceiling rather than deny further participants entry. However, this is not certain, and meanwhile it is a ‘first come – first served’ program.

Jun 25th 2014For commercial and industry we offer BOT ( Build, Operate and Transfer) Systems based on a PPA ( power purchase agreement)!
From 12 to 25 years!

Oct 9th 2013The net-metering pilot project offers fifteen year (15) contracts, which ensures that participants have time to recoup their investments.

Jun 25th 2014Costa Rica
For Residential 4 - 6 years
For Commercial  2 - 5 years
For Industrial  6 - 8 years ( systems with mega batteries are guaranteed for 20 years)

Oct 9th 2013The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
www.wbcsd.org

The Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA)
http://swera.unep.net/

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
www.acore.org

Jun 25th 2014Central America has dopple radiation like Germany!  about 1900 KWH/m2/year

Jun 25th 2014We have a pilot plan that allows you to produce the energy you use, not more! The exchange is 1KWH for 1KWH

Jun 25th 20141) Client, send required information to size the system
2) Client deposit $ % of the price
3) Inti Tech order, send  and receive equipment
4) Inti Tech install
5) Inti Tech  file application for grid connection

Dec 8th 2016Yes, commercial installations are allowed for up to one megawatt.

Aug 11th 2016Thanks for your inquiry. A new grid-tie program has been established as of April 2016. However, the new terms allow the grid-tie owner to sell the energy he produces to the energy provider at a discounted price, not the full price, per kWh. It still is a good deal for the grid-tie owner, however.

Jun 25th 2014For 72.8 m/2 we can install 56 Solar Frontier CIS 170 Watt panels 9.52 KWp installed with a 10 KW SMA inverter, cost is $ 20.000US turn key!
from 2 - 150 KWp  the price goes from $3 - $ 1.8 per KWp installed!