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Green energy situation in Italy
The renewable energy sector in Italy is one with the highest potential in Europe, being today a leading producer of electricity from renewable sources. The solar PV capacity has seen a great success, growing 3000% over the past three years. The wind market has also seen constant high levels of investment, with the number of installations increasing by almost 40% in 2012.
read more... 03/07/2013
Scotland: Iberdrola has completed Europe’s largest onshore wind farm
ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of the Spanish energy group Iberdrola Renovables, has announced it has completed the expansion of the Whitelee onshore wind farm in Scotland, located south of Glasgow. The capacity of the project has been enlarged from 322MW to 539MW installing 75 wind turbines manufactured by the French company Alstom.
read more... 01/07/2013
UK to pay offshore wind developers triple market electricity price
Under a subsidy program to boost renewable energy that by 2020, the UK is engaged to pay offshore wind developers triple the market price for electricity they generate at £155 per megawatt-hour, move that will cost consumers 7 .6 billion pounds ($11.6 billion) a year.
read more... 28/06/2013
Renewable energy to exceed nuclear and gas in the next year to come
The IEA has released its second annual Medium-Term Energy Market Report, according to which renewable sources will exceed natural gas as a power source and will be twice the contribution from nuclear energy globally by 2016, being second only to coal.
read more... 27/06/2013
China ranks first among top renewables energy investment sites
China currently offers the greatest opportunities in the world for renewable energy investment, while India has the strongest potential for conventional power investors, according to a report released by analysts at PA Consulting - ‘Mapping Energy Investment Potential Around the World’.
read more... 26/06/2013