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Siemens won a 900 million dollars order
Siemens won a significant order for the development of six wind power projects in Americas worth 900 million dollars. The total capacity will reach more than 670 MW and will provide green power for more than 200,000 households.
read more... 09/11/2011
Spanish solar thermal capacity to reach 10GW
According to the released report for sustaining the development of Renewable Energy Plan 2011-2020, solar thermal industry in Spain could reach 10GW of installed capacity by the end of 2020, while the technical-economic potential of solar thermal energy in the Spanish industry accounts for 68GW of installed capacity and annual useful heat of 60 TWh.
read more... 08/11/2011
UK Government pressed to double its gas storage capacity
The UK government has to double its gas storage capacity by 2020 as it aims to safeguard energy supplies and to reduce the impact of energy price hikes, according to an influential group of MPs.
read more... 31/10/2011
Largest Biomass Gasification plant to be built in Finland
Finland announced the construction of the largest biomass gasification plant with a total capacity of 140 MW running mainly on forest residues for fuel. It will be situated next to a coal fired power plant and is planned to be operational by end of 2012.
read more... 26/10/2011
Italian PV market to reach 12.5 GW by the end of 2011
Italian solar power market became one of the largest following the German one, immediately after introducing an incentive system in 2007. In May, the Italian government reduced the feed-in tariffs as to sustain customers. According to the chairman of industry body GIFI, Italy’s total PV installed capacity could rise to 12.0- 12.5 GW by the end of 2011, while the growth will slow next year.
read more... 24/10/2011