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US: renewable energy accounts half of all new electricity in 2012
According to the latest report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, half of all new energy generation capacity installed in the US last year was from renewable sources. Renewable energy accounted about 49.10% of all new domestic electrical generating installed in 2012, totaling almost 12,956 MW, with 25% of that new capacity that was installed in December.
read more... 21/01/2013
French government to compensate EDF for a renewable tax deficit
The French government agreed on Monday to pay state-controlled power utility Electricite de France SA (EDF) €4.9 billion ($6.57 billion) in order to compensate costs related to the purchasing of electricity generated by renewable sources and subsidies for electricity sold to the poor, move that increased EDF's shares by about 5%.
read more... 15/01/2013
China: Renewable energy growth to continue
China’s renewable energy capacity installation growth has been extraordinary, considering that its growth has been higher than the global average. The global average growth of wind energy capacity over the last 10 years registered only 25%, while China’s wind energy capacity increased at an annual average rate of 60%.
read more... 14/01/2013
UK: electricity generated from renewable at 12%
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has recently published new statistics which shows that renewable energy is now supplying about 12% of the UK’s electricity.
read more... 11/01/2013
UK to achieve its 2020 green energy targets
The Department of Energy & Climate Change has revealed that the UK is on track to achieve its 15% of the energy from renewable sources by 2020. This year, low carbon electricity generation increased by more than a quarter due to solar and wind new projects.
read more... 27/12/2012