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China: The restructuration of PV solar subsidies system may hurt manufacturers
China, set to become the world’s biggest solar market, is facing a restructuration of its subsidies system, envisaging supporting smaller projects rather than large-scale ones in an effort to encourage new facility developments in areas with chronic power shortage issues, according to an industry official.
read more... 22/03/2013
France has 4 GW of installed PV capacity
According to the Ministry of Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development of the country, France registered a 39 % decrease of installations if compared to 2011, the country has added only 1.08 GW of new photovoltaic capacity with over 34,500 plants in 2012.
read more... 05/03/2013
UK: Shale gas will not cut the cost of gas
According to a new study realized by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the exploitation of the UK’s shale gas resources is unlikely to result in low natural gas prices, as the cost of shale gas extraction in the UK could be considerably higher than in the United States, where the development of shale gas resources has resulted in a substantial reduction of prices.
read more... 28/02/2013
Iberdrola gets the green light to build a new wind complex in Scotland
Iberdrola, through its UK arm ScottishPower Renewables, has got the green light from the Scottish Government for the construction of wind complex Kilgallioch, whose development will require an investment of about 465 million euros.
read more... 18/02/2013
Germany to curb green energy supports
In reply to the European economic recession, the German government is approving cuts to programs supporting the development of renewable energy projects. Germany intends to fix a cap of subsidies and compensations it has created for green energy that had the unplanned effect of driving up household electricity bills.
read more... 15/02/2013