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EU ought to cut list of industries that obtain free carbon permits
The European Union has to cut the list of heavy industries receiving free carbon permits after 2020 to aid the remaining firms to compete in global markets, as stated on Wednesday by Jos Delbeke, the bloc’s top climate representative.
read more... 29/05/2014
France published a decree to impede foreign takeovers of strategic companies
The French government has proclaimed a decree permitting it to impede any foreign takeovers of French firms in "strategic" industries, such as energy, transport, water, telecommunications and health sectors, this way putting up a barrier to General Electric's intended $16.9 billion offer for Alstom's energy assets.
read more... 15/05/2014
IEA encourages Europe to increase shale gas output
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is encouraging Europe to boost its shale gas output, being concerned about high prices of European gas, suggesting Brussels to minimize the activity of energy-intensive industries such as cement and steel, while trimming the subsidies for green energy.
read more... 27/01/2014
U.S. installed 930 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity in Q3 of 2013
According to a report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in the third quarter of this year something like 930MW of new PV capacity was installed, a 20% increase in comparison to the previous quarter, when it registered 832 MW of solar PV, and a 35% jump in comparison to the same period in 2012, with more than 400,000 solar power installations in place throughout the country.
read more... 11/12/2013
U.S solar power soars 15% in Q2 on large scale projects
The United States installed 832 MW of photovoltaic solar panels in the second quarter, posting a 15 per cent increase compared with prior period as booming business for utility-scale systems helped offset lower demand for residential and commercial projects, according to new figures released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
read more... 13/09/2013