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Energiewende: German model of clean energy transformation
Germany is now in the middle of an unprecedented clean energy revolution due to “Energiewende,” a strategy to revive the national energy system, as Germany pledges to reduce its overall energy consumption by 50 percent and hit 80 percent of renewable energy by 2050. Up to present, the country has already registered a great progress toward achieving this ambitious goal.
read more... 16/05/2013
Greece to cut FiTs retroactively
The Greek government has announced recently that it intends to cut drastically the feed-in-tariffs for photovoltaic systems (ground-mounted and roof installations) aiming to reduce a deficit in the fund it uses for renewable energy.
read more... 15/05/2013
Italy is still far away from energy independency
Italy, unfortunately, is still far away from being independent from the point of view of energy production. According to a report on renewable sources released by Svimez, Italy is still too dependent on energy from other European countries, with heavy result on costs.
read more... 14/05/2013
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