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Saudi Arabia plans to export solar electricity to Europe
Saudi Arabia, which is planning massive investment in renewable energy, hopes to export solar electricity to Europe in winter, when cooler temperatures reduce the need for air conditioning in the kingdom.
read more... 04/06/2013
Australia on the way to surpass its 2020 renewable energy target
Australia, one of the most coal-dependent countries in the world, is on the track to not only reach its renewable energy target by 2020, but it could even surpass it, according to a new report.
read more... 31/05/2013
Sweden prefers renewables to nuclear
Recently Sweden's energy minister, Anna-Karin Hatt, has announced that the government will not subsidize new nuclear power plants, favoring renewable investments. Electricity production in Sweden is dominated by nuclear power and renewables, which currently make about equal contributions to energy production- about 40%.
read more... 30/05/2013
UK to reject a new EU target on renewable energy
The UK government will reject the EU’s attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU perimeter, considering it as “inflexible and unnecessary”.
read more... 28/05/2013
Slovakian government is considering introducing new tax on renewable energy sources
Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico has announced that Slovakian government is considering additional taxation of producers of electricity from renewable sources that gained the right to generous purchasing electricity prices in the past.
read more... 24/05/2013