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Offshore wind capacity reached 1 GW in UK
At present, UK is a global leader in offshore wind energy generation, its growing offshore wind capacity reaching 1,041GW, as E.ON’s Robin Rigg wind farm and DONG Energy’s Gunfleet Sands farms started producing electricity.
read more... 28/04/2010
Global solar installations expected to reach 11 GW in 2010
Barclays Capital analyst, Vishal Shah, has recently raised his forecasts for global solar installations for 2010, to 11 GW. In 2009, solar installations reached 7.2 GW, by 21 percent more from the previous year.
read more... 21/04/2010
France and Italy impose carbon tariffs
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi asked the European Union to impose carbon tariffs on the countries which are not part of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases, an idea which was not approved by other EU members.
read more... 16/04/2010
Russian Oil Production established a record in March
Official data show that Russian oil production increased to a record high, from 10.08 billion barrels per day in February to 10.12 billion barrels per day in March. This was conditioned by factors, such as: rising demand and prices on the global market, the recovering global economy, etc.
read more... 02/04/2010
Photovoltaic installations to reach 6.4 GW in 2009
According to preliminary 2009 data regarding Photovoltaic industry, released by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), a total of 6.4 GW of recently installed capacity was added in 2009, the global capacity attaining beyond 20 GW. Even though 2009 has touched the largest capacity growth ever, installations are likely to boost no less than 40% in 2010.
read more... 01/04/2010