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Los Angeles to launch feed-in tariffs program
Los Angeles City Council approved on Tuesday a feed-in tariff program that will allow the City’s Department of Water and Power to purchase renewable power from projects up to 3 MW.
read more... 06/04/2012
UK launches a marine energy contest
Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a £20 million contest for two large scale marine energy demonstration projects, inviting developers to submit until June 1 proposals for new wave and tidal arrays.
read more... 06/04/2012
Scotland receives one third of its power from renewable sources
According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change statistics, Scotland is now generating more than a third of its electricity from renewable sources.
read more... 03/04/2012
BP gets green light to drill a new deep water-well off Shetland
The British oil major BP has been given the green light to drill a new deep water oil well in Scottish waters off the northwest of Shetland, according to the information provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 26/03/2012
Switzerland launches new feed-in tariffs taking effect on March 1
At the beginning of February, Switzerland’s Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications announced the new feed-in tariffs for renewable energy considering steadily changing costs. The new feed-in tariffs for photovoltaics, wind power and biomass from timber came into force on March 1, 2012. PV power will receive lower feed-in tariffs by 10 percent. Wind power feed-in tariffs were tweaked, while woody biomass power will benefit of slightly higher FITs. Other technologies will get the same feed-in tariffs.
read more... 21/03/2012