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Denmark achieves its 2020 solar energy goal ahead of time
Denmark has already achieved its 2020 goal of 200MW solar power generation capacity this year before the schedule, mainly due to favorable government incentives and to net metering.
read more... 25/09/2012
China’s installed power capacity could reach 300 GW by 2020
According to the report released by the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace, it is likely that China’s wind power sector will maintain the 1st place also in 2012. Furthermore, China intends to realize an accumulated on-grid wind power capacity of more than 100 GW by 2015 and 200 GW by 2020, according to a national plan on renewable energy development released by the National Energy Administration.
read more... 24/09/2012
China’s solar target to double to more than 40 GW by 2015
China is likely to double the installed solar power capacity target by 2015 to 40GW, which is a progress indicator in the 12th five year plan of the world’s second-largest economy. Only 18 months ago, it was reached at 5 GW, than it was doubled to 20 GW and now 40 GW. According to some forecasts, it is likely that China will double its 2020 PV target, from the current 50 GW to 100 GW.
read more... 19/09/2012
Qatargas increases LNG supplies to Japan
Qatargas, the largest producer of natural gas in the world with a production capacity of 42 million tonnes per year of LNG, announced that it has augmented its LNG supplies to Japan by 11 tonnes from the original 9 million tonnes in comparison to the autumn 2011, as a result of the nuclear disaster last year, when Japan had to shut down its entire nuclear energy sector, from which it was dependent for 30%.
read more... 17/09/2012
Germany has installed 543 MW of Solar Power Capacity
According to the data received by the German Federal Network Agency, Germany added 543 MW of new photovoltaic capacity in July 2012, a little less than the 572 MW added in July 2011 , reaching a total of 4.9 GW of Germany’s total installed capacity for the first half of 2012
read more... 10/09/2012