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Germany sets new legislation to avoid electricity blackouts
The German parliament adopted a law aimed to curb blackouts by easing 3 GW of capacity, as the country’s costly nuclear phase-out and fluctuating renewable are threatening its power grid.
read more... 04/12/2012
European Parliament gives green light to shale gas exploration
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday against the proposal to ban new hydraulic fracturing operations in the European Union, giving green light to member states on shale gas exploration and exploitation.
read more... 23/11/2012
Switzerland to replace nuclear power with solar by 2035
The Swiss parliament decided in 2011 to phase out all the country’s nuclear power following the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
read more... 26/07/2012
German parties reach a compromise on solar FiT cuts
After weeks of disputes, the Mediation Committee of the Bundestag (German parliament) and the Bundesrat (Federal Council) have finally succeed to reach an agreement on the controversial issue of solar PV feed-in tariff cuts.
read more... 28/06/2012
Germany’s upper house to put solar feed in tariffs cuts on hold
The Bundesrat, Germany's upper house of parliament, decided to temporarily suspend the planned sharp reduction in solar feed-in tariffs last week, sending the controversial proposals to an arbitration panel, move that represented a blow for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been struggling for months to force through cuts to feed-in tariffs of between 20 and 40 per cent.
read more... 15/05/2012