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Germany installed 2.4GW new wind power capacity in 2012
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
UK: renewable energy market set to double by 2017
According to a new report by EDF Energy, the amount of energy generated by renewables in the UK is set to double in the next five years to 75 TWh, contributing 20% of the nation’s total generation capacity.
read more... 28/01/2013
China to limit energy consumption at 8% by 2015
The Chinese government has announced, on Wednesday, that China will aim to limit total annual primary energy consumption to 8% a year from 2010 to 2015, as it seeks to improve efficiency and to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases and pollution. It intends also to limit installations of new-coal fired power plants while improving the share of renewables.
read more... 24/01/2013
EDF: French annual nuclear power production down 3.8% in 2012
French annual nuclear power production from 58 reactors owned by EDF totaled 404.9 TWh last year, a decrease of 3.8% compared to 421.1 TWh in 2011, this being the first decline since the crisis in 2009 (- 6.6%).
read more... 23/01/2013
US: renewable energy accounts half of all new electricity in 2012
According to the latest report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, half of all new energy generation capacity installed in the US last year was from renewable sources. Renewable energy accounted about 49.10% of all new domestic electrical generating installed in 2012, totaling almost 12,956 MW, with 25% of that new capacity that was installed in December.
read more... 21/01/2013