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Bulgaria: Constitutional Court repealed a 20% tax on solar, wind farms
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court last week revoked a 20% fee that the government had imposed on the revenues of solar PV and wind energy producers in January.
read more... 08/08/2014
Bulgaria boosts electricity prices, reduces natural gas
Bulgaria raised electricity prices by an average of 2 percent having as objective to control politically sensitive costs in spite of massive deficits in the Balkan country's energy sector.
read more... 07/08/2014
China revises down its shale gas output estimates by 2020
China has slashed in half the quantity of shale gas it forecasted to produce by 2020, as the exploration to tap the unconventional fuel proved challenging, according to China's National Energy Administration.
read more... 07/08/2014
US- Germany strategic joint venture eyes UK solar market
California-based SPI Solar, a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, unveiled that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Wircon GmbH, a Germany-based diversified renewable energy company, targeting initial 55 MW PV projects in the UK.
read more... 06/08/2014
Turkey says “no” to Israeli gas amid Gaza conflict
Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Taner Yildiz, speaking at a press conference in Ankara on Monday said that natural gas exports from Israel’s Leviathan reservoir to Turkey will be banned as long as the Israel-Gaza conflict continues.
read more... 06/08/2014