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Bulgaria to move toward small renewable projects
According to Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Delyan Dobrev, the country, which strives for reaching 16 percent of its final energy demand from renewable by 2020, will turn its energy focus on small renewable energy projects in order to keep off the increase in electricity costs and avoid the overburden of its power grid because of the rapid development of big wind and solar projects.
read more... 26/04/2012
UK to strengthen its offshore capacity with floating wind turbines
The UK and US will collaborate on the development of floating wind turbines aimed to harness more offshore wind power at competitive costs and increase the UK’s potential for offshore wind power mainly after 2020.
read more... 25/04/2012
UK renewable sector could reach £50bn by 2020
According to a recently released report by the Renewable Energy Association (REA) shows that achieving the UK’s green target of generating 15% of its energy from renewable sources could lead the country on the top of global renewable industries and save £60bn in oil and gas imports and bring £12.5bn and£ 50bn by the end of the decade.
read more... 24/04/2012
£130 million CHP plant to be built in UK
The North East Lincolnshire Council in the UK has approved the construction of a biomass-fuelled plant in the Port of Immingham in England.
read more... 20/04/2012
First Solar to halt 30% of its worldwide manufacturing capacity
First Solar, the United States' largest maker of solar panels, has recently announced its plans to halt one third of its production facilities worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 in order to struggle with lower panel prices.
read more... 19/04/2012