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Hydropower in Switzerland
Currently in Switzerland there are 556 hydropower plants which are able to generate more than 35,380GWh per year. Hydroelectricity is the most important domestic primary source of energy, producing about 60% of Swiss electricity.
read more... 02/01/2014
Switzerland to close its Muehleberg nuclear plant by 2019
Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Swiss government has decided to phase out nuclear power as an energy source for electricity generation and to look more towards energy efficiency and renewables.
read more... 27/12/2013
Danish wind group Vestas secures service contract extension with ScottishPower Renewables
Vestas, the world leader in wind energy, has secured a two-year service agreement contract from ScottishPower Renewables for five wind power plants in Scotland. The plants would have a total capacity of 120MW and 162 of Vestas’s V47 and V52 wind turbines. The two-year contract extension includes an option for a third year.
read more... 26/12/2013
RWE won’t extend contracts with two coal-fired power plants
Yearly, this year, RWE announced it intends to mothball or to shutdown some of its gas and coal-fired power stations because of an increase in renewable energy. The company said a boom in solar energy meant many of its power stations were no longer profitable. A RWE spokesman said that a total of 3,100 megawatts of generating capacity will be taken off line, representing about 6% of RWE's total capacity.
read more... 24/12/2013
First Solar set to power four new solar energy plants in France
First Solar, the global provider of PV solar systems, will supply with its modules four solar energy plants in France for a total combined PV capacity of 48 MW. The projects will be developed by the independent renewable energy producer Photosol of Paris, France. Three of the plants, with a combined 37 MW share of the total, will be located in the Auvergne and Midi-Pyrenees regions, while the fourth, an 11 MW capacity installation, will be located in Sarrazac.
read more... 19/12/2013