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France has 4 GW of installed PV capacity
According to the Ministry of Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development of the country, France registered a 39 % decrease of installations if compared to 2011, the country has added only 1.08 GW of new photovoltaic capacity with over 34,500 plants in 2012.
read more... 05/03/2013
Germany: solar PV capacity to decelerate in 2013
According to EuPD Research in 2013, Germany will install only 3.9 GW of new solar photovoltaic capacity, compared to 7.6 GW installed in 2012. The reason for the expected slow-down is the lowering of subsidies given to solar plant operators.
read more... 04/03/2013
Northeast China gets its first nuclear power station since Fukushima disaster
The first nuclear power plant and the largest energy project in Northeast China since the accident at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant in 2011 started operation on 17 February.
read more... 20/02/2013
Turkey to start construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2014
Stating to the Director General of Akkuyu NGS A.S. Alexander Superfin, the construction of the first nuclear power plant Akkuyu in Turkey will start in early 2014. The preparation of an ecological report on the project’s impact on the environment will be completed in May 2013.
read more... 18/02/2013
Global PV capacity surpassed 100 GW in 2012
According to preliminary data collected by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), global installed PV capacity reached 100GW in 2012 for the first time, up from 71GW in 2011 and 40GW in 2010. The world’s solar capacity can now produce as much electricity in a year as 16 coal power plants or nuclear reactors of 1 GW each.
read more... 13/02/2013