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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
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
China fixed a new solar target for 2015
China has expanded its distributed solar capacity target to 20 GW by 2015. China is set to lead the greatest uptake of solar, with plans to install more than 2GW of photovoltaic (PV) by the end of 2013. It is expected that in 2014 PV installations will rise by 17%, increasing from 15% in 2012 and 13% in 2013. The year 2014 will bring the highest rate of growth since the 35% increase in 2011.
read more... 29/10/2013
Europe threatened by blackouts
Energy companies informed that Europe could face power blackouts if the economy in Europe would improve while energy provision would remain inadequate. Energy security in Europe is under menace and the area could soon be exposed to substantial power outages during this winter, due to a lack of production capacity.
read more... 23/10/2013
The green energy sector in Italy is the one with the highest potential in Europe
The renewable energy sector in Italy is one with the highest prospective 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... 18/10/2013