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Germany sets new solar power record in the first six months of 2012
The German Federal Network Agency announced that more than 4.3 GW were installed in the first six months of the year, while in the same period last year were installed only 1.71 GW. This change is due to the new feed-in tariff legislation which introduced in June new monthly tariff degressions.
read more... 09/08/2012
European Commission to bolster the carbon market
The European Commission on 25 July revealed a twin-track approach to bolster the carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
read more... 27/07/2012
Novatek launched the construction of Sabetta LNG port
Novatek, the second gas producer in Russia, started the construction of a $30 billion Arctic port, called Sabetta, located on the North-East of the Yamal Peninsula in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region.
read more... 23/07/2012
Belarus: AtomStroyExport to build country’s first nuclear power plant
Following an earlier launched tender by Belarus, the Russian Rosatom subsidiary, AtomStroyExport (ASE) was selected to start the construction of a two-unit nuclear power plant at Ostrovetsk in the Grodno region by the end of 2013. This will be the first nuclear power plant in Belarus.
read more... 16/07/2012
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