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US- Germany strategic joint venture eyes UK solar market
California-based SPI Solar, a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, unveiled that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Wircon GmbH, a Germany-based diversified renewable energy company, targeting initial 55 MW PV projects in the UK.
read more... 06/08/2014
UK: the largest solar market in 2014
The United Kingdom could be the major solar photovoltaic (PV) market in Europe in 2014, since scale ground-mounted solar PV farms are expanding rapidly in the country.
read more... 02/05/2014
SunEdison closed debt financing agreement with UK on solar power projects
SunEdison, solar technology manufacturer based in US, declared that it has completed debt financing transaction with Deutsche Bank for the rebuilding of photovoltaic plants in the UK.
read more... 28/02/2014
Wind: Spain’s main electricity source
According to the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE), in 2013 wind power was the main source of energy in Spain, covering almost 21 percent of total demand and producing something like 54,478 GWh of electricity last year, nuclear power produced 20.8 percent of the country’s energy requirements, followed by hydroelectric power which met 14.4 % of demand, almost doubling in comparison to a year before. Combined-cycle plants accounted for 9.6 percent, coal-fueled plants 14.6 percent while solar photovoltaic only 3.1 percent.
read more... 31/01/2014
Germany: the first EU state to penalize the self-consumption of solar energy
The German government has approved on Wednesday a new solar tax, becoming the first European nation to charge owners of renewable energy plants for their own use of electricity, as part of Merkel’s plan to contain rising power bills. The changes would affect photovoltaics and are now partly being reported as a new retroactive solar tax. The cabinet is expected to officially sign off on the draft law in April before it goes to the Bundestag, which is expected to vote on it in June and could become law on August.
read more... 27/01/2014