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France has 4 GW of installed PV capacity
According to the Ministry of Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development of the country, France registered a 39 % decrease of installations if compared to 2011, the country has added only 1.08 GW of new photovoltaic capacity with over 34,500 plants in 2012.
read more... 05/03/2013
UK coal consumption increased 32.5% in 2012
According to the latest statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, consumption of coal in UK increased by 32.5% in 2012, reaching its highest level since 1996, while gas output fell by 33.8%, its lowest level since the same year. Coal power surpassed gas, becoming the biggest single source of UK electricity in 2012.
read more... 01/03/2013
U.S. continues to govern the world geothermal market
The United States is continuing to be the world leader in terms of geothermal power with 147 MW of new capacity added last year, representing a 5% increase over 2011, according to data released by the Geothermal Energy Association.
read more... 01/03/2013
Dong Energy to quadruple its offshore wind capacity by 2020
Dong Energy is aiming to have installed 6.5GW of operating offshore wind capacity in north-west Europe by the end of the decade, with an intermediate target of 3.5GW by end-2016. Dong has publicly adopted an unprecedented target of reducing its offshore wind cost of energy to €100/MW by 2020. This would correspond to at least 47% less than Germany's current feed-in tariff for offshore wind generation, which is set at EUR 190/kWh. The new 2020 benchmark target for offshore wind is to quadruple installed offshore wind capacity from its currently 1.7GW to 6.5GW in 2020.
read more... 28/02/2013
UK: Shale gas will not cut the cost of gas
According to a new study realized by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the exploitation of the UK’s shale gas resources is unlikely to result in low natural gas prices, as the cost of shale gas extraction in the UK could be considerably higher than in the United States, where the development of shale gas resources has resulted in a substantial reduction of prices.
read more... 28/02/2013