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Germany agrees compensation for nuclear phaseout
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan in March 2011, the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel decided it would phase out its use of nuclear power by the end of 2022 at the latest. Prior to the accident, Germany was obtaining around a quarter of its electricity from 17 nuclear reactors operated by the four utilites.
read more... 09/03/2021
Average prices rise in French large-scale solar tender, 452 MWp awarded
The French government has allocated 452 MWp of capacity in its latest tender for utility-scale solar projects in which the average price rose by 4.7% from the previous call.
read more... 22/02/2021
UK emissions ‘fell by 44% between 1990 and 2019’
Latest stats show energy sector has decarbonised by 65.5% from 1990 but transport by just 4.6%
read more... 03/02/2021
Iberdrola secures 243 MW of solar in Spanish renewables tender
Spanish power utility Iberdrola SA (BME:IBE) said it has won a total of 243 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Spain’s latest renewable energy auction.
read more... 29/01/2021
German gas plant capacity set to exceed coal and lignite in 2023
Germany's gas-fired generation capacity is set to exceed that of coal and of lignite within two years as total dispatchable capacity drops below 60 GW, regulator BNetzA's latest power plant list shows.
read more... 27/01/2021