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France approves 214 solar power projects
The French energy and ecology minister Delphine Batho has announced that the government has approved 214 solar power projects totaling 514 MW.
read more... 06/08/2012
Spain: the world’s largest solar power station has opened
Spain surpasses the US as the world’s biggest solar generator, with its new solar plant La Florida recently opened, whose solar power production is now comparable to the power production of a nuclear power station.
read more... 03/08/2012
DECC: UK renewable electricity production up 33% in 2011
The UK’s electricity production from renewable sources jumped by 33% in 2011, mainly due to a hike in solar photovoltaic capacity increasing by 12 times, a trebling of biomass capacity, and a 37% jump in offshore wind capacity, according to a recent report released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 30/07/2012
Switzerland to replace nuclear power with solar by 2035
The Swiss parliament decided in 2011 to phase out all the country’s nuclear power following the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
read more... 26/07/2012
It is official: Germany has new solar FITs
After months of disputes, Germany has finally approved new controversial issue of feed-in tariffs for photovoltaics, retroactively as of April 1.
read more... 24/07/2012