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UK: Small and medium wind installations recorded a 71% increase in 2012
According to a report called 'Small and Medium Wind Market Report 2013', the UK installed about 3,743 small and medium wind turbines amounting 37.52MW capacity in 2012, posting a boost of 71% compared to 3,086 turbines totaling 21.92MW at the end of 2011.
read more... 18/10/2013
Germany's green energy surcharge will increase 18% in 2014
German network operators have announced that the surcharge added to German electricity bills to cover the cost of renewables is set to increase 18 % to a record high of 6.24 cents per kilowatt hour. The charge has more than quintupled in the last 4 years, while increasing German household power bills, which now are the third- highest in the European Union.
read more... 17/10/2013
Wind energy associations met in Spain to call for a 2030 renewables target
Last week, CEOs of 12 national wind energy associations from across Europe met in Spain to unite their efforts in a call for a compulsory 2030 renewable energy target.
read more... 15/10/2013
UK: Wind projects and subsidies
The number of turbine projects granted planning permission has more than doubled over the last two years, from 83, in January to August 2011, to 188 during the same period this year, while critics of wind farms say they are inefficient and reliant on public subsidies.
read more... 14/10/2013
Enel Green Power has connected a new PV plant in Romania
Italian-based Enel Green Power (EGP) has connected to the grid the Colibasi photovoltaic (PV) plant, sited in Giurgiu, with a total installed capacity of 6.5 MW bringing the EGP’s Romanian installed solar capacity up to about 26 MW.
read more... 11/10/2013