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Romania intends to cut support to renewable energy

Romanian energy market regulator ANRE, has announced on Friday, that Romanian government will cut its support for renewable energy, in particular for wind, solar and small hydro renewable energy projects. Romania's support scheme gives renewable power producers green certificates for each megawatt produced. Providers must get a rising percentage of the power they sell from renewable energy and buy certificates to meet these goals.

read more... 02/04/2013

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UK: Offshore wind farms generated a record amount of electricity in 2012

UK renewable power generation hiked by 20% in 2012 due to the contribution of new offshore wind farms in spite of lower than average wind speeds over the year, according to figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

read more... 02/04/2013

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Ireland reached new record level of wind output

According to the Irish Wind Energy Association, Ireland has currently reached a record level of wind power output of about 1,540 MW, corresponding to about 36% of the demand, which should be enough to power with electricity about 1 million households. The record was achieved at the same time as a new all-island record was also set for energy generation, with levels reaching 1,917MW on the island of Ireland, which should be enough to power more than 1,246,000 homes. The statistics also show that the average wind contribution on this day was almost 40% of system require.

read more... 29/03/2013

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Bulgaria to switch off 40% of wind, solar power capacity

The Bulgarian authorities will switch off about 40% of its wind and solar power plants in order to equilibrate a power system in danger of instability following a considerable excess of capacity after a drop in consumption and exports.

read more... 27/03/2013

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China: Power production from wind increased more than coal in 2012

According to new statistics released by China Electricity Council, power production from wind increased more than from coal in 2012. Fossil-fired production of electricity increased 0.3 % last year, an addition of about 12 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity, at the same time as wind-generated electricity grew 35.5% to 26 TWh, while solar-generated electricity reached a cumulative 3.5 terawatt-hours. Under China's 12th Five Year Energy Plan (2011-2015), the objective for renewables is to supply 30% of electricity-generating capacity, while coal plunges from 70% to 65% of energy production.

read more... 27/03/2013

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