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Enel Green Power has connected a new PV plant in Romania
Italian-based Enel Green Power (EGP) has connected to the grid the Colibasi photovoltaic (PV) plant, sited in Giurgiu, with a total installed capacity of 6.5 MW bringing the EGP’s Romanian installed solar capacity up to about 26 MW.
read more... 11/10/2013
PV installations worldwide to reach 41 GW in 2014
Photovoltaic installations worldwide are expected to rise at their fastest pace in the last three years next year, reaching more than 40 GW and generating installation incomes of about 86 billion dollars. PV installations in 2014 are likely to rise by 17-18 percent, increasing from 15 % of last year and 13 percent in 2013. The highest rate of growth was last registered in 2011 with a 35 percent increase.
read more... 08/10/2013
U.S solar power soars 15% in Q2 on large scale projects
The United States installed 832 MW of photovoltaic solar panels in the second quarter, posting a 15 per cent increase compared with prior period as booming business for utility-scale systems helped offset lower demand for residential and commercial projects, according to new figures released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
read more... 13/09/2013
Germany hits a new solar record
Last month, Germany, home to a vast 1.3million photovoltaic installations and the highest solar capacity in the world, has reached a new solar power generation record registering 5.1 TWh, with over 40% of the country’s electricity being generated by solar power on July.
read more... 23/08/2013
Renewable energy situation worldwide
Renewable energy sources of energy have been the driver of the major growth in the global clean energy sector since 2000. Current years have seen a major expansion of wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies, while other renewable like hydropower, geothermal and biomass, continued to grow from a strong established base, adding hundreds of GW of new capacity worldwide.
read more... 21/08/2013