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Estonia: The first nation to meet the EU 2020 target
According to the grid operator Elering AS, Estonia’s share of renewable energy has increased by 2% in comparison to 2011 levels and currently stands at 14.9% of total consumption, which means that Estonia is the first country in the European Union to meet the 2020 renewables target.
read more... 21/05/2013
SSE to build a new hydropower plant in northern Scotland
Energy giant SSE has announced that it will build a 30 million pounds hydropower plant near Ardross, in Ross-shire, Scotland. The Glasa project, which will have a total capacity of about 7.5 MW, is due to provide enough green power to supply about 10,000 households, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.
read more... 10/05/2013
Gaelectric inaugurated new wind farm in Newtownabbey
Irish developer Gaelectric inaugurates a new wind farm at Carn Hill in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim. The wind farm has a total capacity of about 13.8 MW and consists of six wind turbines, generating enough power to meet the electricity demand of about 8,000 households for 12 month.
read more... 08/05/2013
Italy now has 16.9 GW of PV capacity installed
According to Italian energy agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE), last month Italy added 170 MW of new PV capacity. This compares to about 214 MW registered in March and 126 MW for February. The GSE states this brings Italy’s total solar PV installed capacity to 16.9GW.
read more... 02/05/2013
The UK's emissions are actually increased by around a fifth
According to the Committee on Climate Change, carbon emissions have dropped about 20% in the last 20 years, limiting this way the growth in the UK’s carbon footprint. So formally, UK carbon emissions have been falling for last years, but increased imports of goods from overseas, which create emissions during their manufacture in other countries, are pushing up the overall total of greenhouse gases, so the UK's emissions have actually increased by more than a fifth.
read more... 26/04/2013