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Enel intends to invest about 6 billion euro in renewables
The Italian energy firm Enel Green Energy plans to have about 12.4 GW of green power installed, an increase of 4.4 GW on existing power developments, with around 1 GW of that in place by the end of the year.
read more... 23/04/2013
Bright future for wind power in China
China's National Energy Administration has recently announced that China is to approve 27.9 GW of new wind power projects. Sichuan’s provincial government plans to focus on the development of renewable energy, giving more weight on wind.
read more... 22/04/2013
China Wind Power and CNNC Rich Energy to add 700 MW of wind and solar projects by 2015
China Wind Power Group Ltd and CNNC Rich Energy have signed a strategic cooperation to invest in wind and solar energy projects with a target of some 700 MW by 2015. The two companies will jointly finance and develop 100 MW of renewable energy projects in 2013, a mix of solar and wind, and are targeting 200 MW of solar and 500 MW of wind projects in the next two years.
read more... 16/04/2013
Portugal: 70% of power consumption came from renewables in first quarter
About 70% of Portugal’s electricity requires came from renewable sources in the first quarter of 2013, according to the Portuguese grid operator Redes Energeticas Nacionais (REN). The new record could be due to the combination of favorable weather conditions and the country's investment in wind and hydro-electricity capacity.
read more... 12/04/2013
Europe: Renewables share in power generation set to increase by 40% in 2020
The renewables’ contribution in Europe’s generation capacity is expected to increase to at least 40% by 2020, overtaking the capacity supplied by coal, natural gas and oil, declared the region’s grid operators group Entsoe.
read more... 05/04/2013