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UK: Good Energy to build Britain’s biggest solar farm
UK’s energy group, Good Energy, would build the UK’s biggest solar farm which will cover 224 acres by putting 135,000 solar panels on farmland in the Cornish countryside. It will cover an area six times bigger than the project at Marley Thatch Farm, in Devon, approved last month, which will cover 37 acres and have 28,000 photovoltaic panels.
read more... 23/07/2012
Blackfriars station: the largest solar bridge in the world is half completed
The UK’s Blackfriars Bridge (built in 1869), which is crossing the Thames between St Pauls and the Southbank, is on the way to become the world's largest solar bridge.
read more... 18/07/2012
IEA: global installed PV capacity to reach 230 GW by 2017
IEA expected great growth in renewable energy markets by 2017, while the photovoltaics industry is expected to scale up the fastest and is forecasted to reach about 230 GW in 2017, compared to just 11 GW of concentrating solar power (CSP) capacity now. Solar power will contribute with about 5% to renewable energy generation in 2017.
read more... 12/07/2012
IEA: Renewable power will grow by 40% in next 5 years
According to a new report released by the International Energy Association (IEA), solar, wind, hydropower and other renewable sources will boost to more than 40%, to about 6,400 TWh, and the emerging markets will become the main driver of the increase in renewable power capacity over the next five years.
read more... 09/07/2012
Germany hits a new solar power record in first half 2012
German solar energy production reached a new world record by pumping 14.7 TWh of electricity into the power grid during the first half of 2012 which represents about 4,5% of the total power production during that period. The country is already a world-leader in solar power and hopes to be free from nuclear energy by 2022.
read more... 05/07/2012