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Bulgaria to apply a 20% tax on solar, wind energy
Bulgaria’s parliament has approved a 20 percent controversial tax income from wind and solar power installations next year. The proposal was backed Thursday morning by 116 MPs, 38 voted against and 28 abstained.
read more... 06/12/2013
Shale gas production in China reached 143 million cubic meters
The National Energy Administration has announced that China's shale gas production has reached 143 million cubic meters. The country's largest refiner Sinopec Co has drilled nearly 30 pilot shale gas wells in the Fuling area of Chongqing municipality in southwest China, part of the Sichuan basin, one of the most promising geological zones for the unconventional fuel. Six of the wells are pumping about 1.06 million cubic meters of gas, or an average of nearly 180,000 cubic meters per well.
read more... 06/12/2013
China’s on grid solar capacity to triple by the end of 2013
According to China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), total grid-connected solar capacity in China could triple to 10 GW by the end of the year. The total grid installed generation capacity from all sources is predicted to reach 1,235GW by the end of this year, representing a 200% rise, in comparison to a year before.
read more... 05/12/2013
Israel could supply Italy with gas
On Monday, the National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom and the Italian Economic Development Minister Flavio Zanonato, during a meeting in Rome, have presented the idea of exporting some of Israel’s natural gas to Italy, as Israel still has to decide where to export the amounts allocated for exports of natural gas. Both the Ministers agreed that Israeli natural gas exports to Italy are a common interest of both countries.
read more... 04/12/2013
UK: Low Carbon and Macquarie Capital to invest in 300 MW of solar energy
Macquarie Capital and Low Carbon, a renewable energy investment company, have announced recently they will team up to deliver a portfolio of 300MW of solar generation capacity in the UK.
read more... 04/12/2013