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Switzerland: solar power generation increased considerably last year
In line with the current trend in Europe, Switzerland is likely to face an electric power shortage, except there is significant investment in new generating facilities over the next 15-20 years. Traditionally, Switzerland's longest-serving and most important source of renewable energy has been hydropower, but now, “new" renewable energy sources play an ever more significant position in Switzerland’s energy mix.
read more... 14/01/2014
UK rooftop solar panels hit half million milestone
Last week, UK’s solar power industry hit a milestone, installing almost half million of rooftop solar arrays.
read more... 14/01/2014
Total to start fracking in UK
The French oil giant Total is on the brink to become the first major oil company which would explore for natural gas and oil in shale rock in UK, as the company has acquired a 40% stake in two shale gas exploration licences in Lincolnshire in the East Midlands.
read more... 13/01/2014
Italy intends to increase oil production
It is thought that Italy could hold Europe’s biggest onshore crude oil fields. The priority for Italy’s government is to re-launch an economy that’s shrunk and where more than 35 % of young people are unemployed.
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Spain’s wind power sector
Wind was Spain's top electricity generator for the first six months of 2013. Spain has a vigorous and varied renewable energy portfolio that has considerably reduced its dependence on fossil fuels. Currently Spain imports more than 80% of its gas and coal for domestic use from abroad, making energy security a national precedence. Along with significant growth in solar energy and biofuels, wind energy has become a cornerstone of the Spanish renewable energy portfolio.
read more... 13/01/2014