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UK’s offshore wind sector hits a record-breaking year
The UK’s offshore wind power sector hit a record breaking year in terms of installed new capacity, according to Renewable UK’s the most recent report, “Wind Energy in the UK”.
read more... 08/11/2013
DECC: half a million of UK households have solar installations
According to new data offered by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), at the end of October something like 478,431 homes across the UK have solar installations, which represents a combined peak capacity of about 1.3 GW, which makes domestic solar the largest sub-sector of the solar market.
read more... 05/11/2013
Centrica to abandon plans for a 2 billion pound wind farm
Centrica has announced it intends to abandon plans to build a 2 billion pound offshore wind farm as it said that subsidies offered by the government are too low. The UK based energy company added also that it will not build the Race Bank wind farm unless the government enhances the projected subsidies.
read more... 04/11/2013
Russia launched its first renewables tender to spur green energy generation
Russia, being an oil and gas giant, has launched its first renewable energy tender, auctioning about 500MW in capacity, mostly to solar projects.
read more... 31/10/2013
Solar Energy: France to build an Institute for Excellence in Carbon-free Energy
French energy giants Total and EDF, alongside their public and private organizations have unified their efforts to create a French solar photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R&D) center near Paris, which will receive EUR 18.5 million (USD 25.5 million) in funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR).
read more... 31/10/2013