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German solar industry continues to shock, despite plans to cut incentives
Despite the German solar sector struggle against the government plans to cut sharply feed- in tariff incentives, Germany continues to shock by installing nearly double the amount of solar power in the first two months of the year, compared to the same period in 2011, according to country’s grid regulator.
read more... 03/05/2012
Solar panel demand drops 90% after subsidy cut
The demand for solar panel installations has dropped by almost 90% in the weeks since the government has halved the solar subsidies to 21p, according to Department of Energy and Climate Change figures.
read more... 02/05/2012
Bulgaria to move toward small renewable projects
According to Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Delyan Dobrev, the country, which strives for reaching 16 percent of its final energy demand from renewable by 2020, will turn its energy focus on small renewable energy projects in order to keep off the increase in electricity costs and avoid the overburden of its power grid because of the rapid development of big wind and solar projects.
read more... 26/04/2012
How the tariff on Chinese solar panels could influence the U.S. solar market?
The United States Department of Commerce has recently announced that it will impose tariffs of 2.9 to 4.73% on solar panels imported from China, move which will offset alleged subsidies that Chinese manufacturers receive.
read more... 24/04/2012
First Solar to halt 30% of its worldwide manufacturing capacity
First Solar, the United States' largest maker of solar panels, has recently announced its plans to halt one third of its production facilities worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 in order to struggle with lower panel prices.
read more... 19/04/2012