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How the tariff on Chinese solar panels could influence the U.S. solar market?
The United States Department of Commerce has recently announced that it will impose tariffs of 2.9 to 4.73% on solar panels imported from China, move which will offset alleged subsidies that Chinese manufacturers receive.
read more... 24/04/2012
Los Angeles to launch feed-in tariffs program
Los Angeles City Council approved on Tuesday a feed-in tariff program that will allow the City’s Department of Water and Power to purchase renewable power from projects up to 3 MW.
read more... 06/04/2012
British Gas rejects the Big Switch Scheme
The energy giant, British Gas has said that it would not take part in so-called Big Switch scheme which is aimed to help consumers negotiate better tariffs on gas and electricity bills. This campaign was proposed by consumer group Which? and aims to sign up as many households as possible and then attempt to negotiate cheaper energy tariffs from major suppliers on their behalf.
read more... 04/04/2012
Italy to cut sharply solar PV incentives as from April
The Italian government envisages cutting solar feed in tariffs for solar photovoltaic sector this year if a new decree is approved in April, move which would help to reduce power bills for consumers.
read more... 30/03/2012
Spain halts the award of new feed-in tariff contracts
The new center-right Spanish government decided to halt temporarily the award of new feed-in tariff contracts starting January 2013 amid rising fiscal challenges. This could affect negatively about 4,500 MW and 550 MW of wind and solar PV power projects respectively, as well as other energy classes’ projects.
read more... 23/03/2012