German Environment Minister, Peter Altmaier is calling for new a system to define and limit costs to German electricity consumers due to the nation’s feed-in tariff.
read more... 01/02/2013
Wind energy continues to be the king of renewable energy generation in the United States, with 13.1 GW of new wind projects installed in 2012, an increase of 28% on the previous year, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
read more... 01/02/2013
Last year Germany installed about 2.4 GW of new wind power capacity with the nation reaching a total capacity of 31.3GW. Germany is investing in clean energy as it intends to phase-out nuclear power. It plans also to build offshore wind farms covering an area as much as six times the size of New York City and increase the renewable-energy production to about 40 %of total power production by 2020, in comparison to about 25%of now.
read more... 31/01/2013
Scotland established a target to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2030, while pointing out the huge market for offshore wind beyond 2020, with First Minister Alex Salmond criticizing the U.K. government for disregarding such a target.
read more... 30/01/2013
According to a new report released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), offshore wind power installations in Europe increased by a third in 2012 and are expected to augment by another 20 percent this year.
read more... 29/01/2013