France's Minister of Sustainable Development has recently unveiled a new package of 'emergency' measures for the country's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, including doubling France's feed-in tariff goal for PV plants smaller than 100 kW to 400 MW annually. In order to achieve this goal, the tariff structure has been simplified by removing building types such as schools or public buildings.
read more... 10/01/2013
French government has doubled its target for annual photovoltaic energy growth from 500 MW to 1000 MW and has also instituted a rescue plan for solar power industry. The measures are expected to spur investments by more than 2 billion euro.
read more... 09/01/2013
According to German Solar Industry Association (BSV) solar power registered an increase of over 45% in comparison to 2011, with 1.3 million photovoltaic systems that were installed during 2012.
read more... 02/01/2013
The Department of Energy & Climate Change has revealed that the UK is on track to achieve its 15% of the energy from renewable sources by 2020. This year, low carbon electricity generation increased by more than a quarter due to solar and wind new projects.
read more... 27/12/2012
The British firm Blue Energy is building the biggest solar plant in Africa and the fourth-largest in the world. The $400 million Nzema solar plant will produce 155 megawatts of electricity, increasing the country’s electricity capacity by 6 %.
read more... 24/12/2012