Latest news
RWE won’t extend contracts with two coal-fired power plants
Yearly, this year, RWE announced it intends to mothball or to shutdown some of its gas and coal-fired power stations because of an increase in renewable energy. The company said a boom in solar energy meant many of its power stations were no longer profitable. A RWE spokesman said that a total of 3,100 megawatts of generating capacity will be taken off line, representing about 6% of RWE's total capacity.
read more... 24/12/2013
First Solar set to power four new solar energy plants in France
First Solar, the global provider of PV solar systems, will supply with its modules four solar energy plants in France for a total combined PV capacity of 48 MW. The projects will be developed by the independent renewable energy producer Photosol of Paris, France. Three of the plants, with a combined 37 MW share of the total, will be located in the Auvergne and Midi-Pyrenees regions, while the fourth, an 11 MW capacity installation, will be located in Sarrazac.
read more... 19/12/2013
German onshore wind capacity set to post 10-year high
Germany‘s onshore wind capacity added more onshore wind new capacity to the grid in the last twelve months than in any single year since 2003, according to estimates by the Fraunhofer institute (IWES) recently released.
read more... 18/12/2013
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... 11/12/2013
U.S. installed 930 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity in Q3 of 2013
According to a report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in the third quarter of this year something like 930MW of new PV capacity was installed, a 20% increase in comparison to the previous quarter, when it registered 832 MW of solar PV, and a 35% jump in comparison to the same period in 2012, with more than 400,000 solar power installations in place throughout the country.
read more... 11/12/2013