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Norway proposes tariff cut in its gas pipeline system
Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Ola Borten Moe, proposed on Tuesday to slash natural gas transport tariffs for new gas contracts, aiming to encourage higher production and exploration in mature fields. Norway is the world`s second largest gas exporter supplying about 18% of Europe’s needs.
read more... 16/01/2013
France unveils a new package of emergency measures for solar power industry
France's Minister of Sustainable Development has recently unveiled a new package of 'emergency' measures for the country's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, including doubling France's feed-in tariff goal for PV plants smaller than 100 kW to 400 MW annually. In order to achieve this goal, the tariff structure has been simplified by removing building types such as schools or public buildings.
read more... 10/01/2013
Spain’s Garona shuts down
Spain’s oldest nuclear plant Garona, suffers shutdown due to a new energy tax imposed by the government. After years of selling power below costs, Spain’s government decided to introduce higher taxes on electricity generation as a measure to deal with a 24 billion euro energy tariff deficit.
read more... 17/12/2012
Germany adds about 1 GW of new PV installations, despite tariff cuts
The Federal Network Agency of Germany has released the latest data regarding the photovoltaic installations for the month of September, according to which newly installed photovoltaic systems reached 980.83 MW in September, almost three times as much as was added in August (329 MW).
read more... 01/11/2012
UK solar installations reached 1.3 GW due to drastic cuts in FiT
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has released new figures according to which a total capacity of 1.3 GW of solar installations was installed nationally at the end of September 2012. The severe cuts in feed-in tariffs for solar power in the UK reduced installations by almost 60 % in April, leaving the government far behind from its goal of 22 GW of PV by 2020.
read more... 26/10/2012