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China to boost its wind power industry to 30 GW by 2020
China plans to increase its installed offshore wind power capacity to 5 GW by 2015 and to 30 GW by 2020, according to news agency Xinhua, citing National Energy Administration. China seeks to complete a public tender for the second half of the 2012, which will take place in the first half of 2012.
read more... 06/07/2011
Scottish renewables to sustain country’s economic growth
A new 2020 Renewables Routemap was approved last week by the Scottish Government, an important step to move toward the development of a large-scale biomass renewable energy project in the Western part of Scotland. According to the Lifetime Recycling Village team, it could make the country a green European country.
read more... 05/07/2011
US solar market trends for 2010
A recently released report by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council shows a double increase in the US PV installed capacity in 2010 compared to 2009, with over 124,000 new solar heating, cooling an solar electric installations.
read more... 04/07/2011
Fall in British offshore wind energy costs over the next decade
A recently released report by Britain’s largest wind and marine energy trade association shows a drop in prices for electricity generated from offshore wind power utilities. The whole-life cost of wind energy in UK is expected to be driven down by more than 15% between 2011 and 2022, while under auspicious conditions, the decrease in costs would reach as much as 33%.
read more... 01/07/2011
Rapid fall in PV module prices will drive strong demand
A rapid fall in PV modules prices will be a primordial factor in demand recovery in the second half of the year; this is after a sharp drop in early 2011 because of new amendments in the incentivable systems across Europe. However, a fast growth in the first half of the 2011 placed the market in a good environment as to appoint a strong demand recovery in the second half of the year.
read more... 30/06/2011