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Solar energy subsidies to raise in China
The main energy user in the world, China, lifted solar subsidies in 2010 as to encourage the expansion of its domestic solar market, according to the director of the energy and transport division of the high-tech department in China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, Zheng Fangneng.
read more... 20/12/2010
M+W Solar invest in building a 5MW solar plant in southern Italy.
M+W Solar is planning to develop a turnkey solar PV plant in the Oria region of southern Italy.
read more... 17/12/2010
Ireland considers geothermal exploration.
The project consists in the development of the exploitation of geothermal energy to generate renewable electricity in Ireland.
read more... 16/12/2010
European Investment Bank (EIB) and Enel Green Power (EGP) signed the first 440 million Euro installment in Rome.
Yesterday in Rome, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Enel Green Power (EGP) signed the first EUR 440 million installment of a 600 million Euros loan for financing the company’s three-year investment programme in Italy. EGP represents a subsidiary of the Enel group which operates in the renewable and alternative energies sector.
read more... 15/12/2010
Czech Republic puts tax on PV feed-in tariff, dents investor confidence
The government of the Czech Republic has ruled that all photovoltaic (PV) plants receiving the fixed 20-year feed-in tariff (FIT) will have to pay tax on the revenues generated with immediate effect.
read more... 14/12/2010