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France: renewables will aid power grid resist summer heat wave
Increasing solar and wind power capacity will aid France handle with a heat wave this summer without bringing in power from its neighbours, despite seasonal repairs on its nuclear power flotilla, as stated by the French power grid on Friday.
read more... 09/06/2014
Spain on the point of endorsing new renewable energy rules
The Spanish cabinet might consent on Friday a decree that will reduce renewable energy subsidies as part of an obligation to diminish a 30 billion euro ($41 billion) power tariff deficit, developed during years of maintaining prices below regulated costs.
read more... 30/05/2014
Italy’s solar PV sector an example for the rest of the world
Italy is currently one of the major producers of electricity from renewable energy sources in Europe. The country’s PV sector has historically been the leading renewable energy technology due to its incentives offered for solar PV projects and also to its advantageous geographic position.
read more... 22/05/2014
Daily: European spot power prices rebound amid weak renewable power output
Oil prices increased across both sides of continent on Wednesday, pushed up by a draw on U.S. crude inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, crude oil delivery hub, while gasoline stockpiles drove Brent and U.S. crude to the three weeks highs.
read more... 15/05/2014
Global renewable energy jobs increased 14% to 6.5 million in 2013
The number of jobs in the renewable energy industry has registers an increase of about 800,000 last year, attaining a global total to 6.5 million, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
read more... 13/05/2014