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South Africa expected to be energy self-sufficient by 2019
The southern region of South Africa is likely to achieve energy sufficiency by 2019, wiping out its current 8,247 MW of electricity shortfall, according to energy ministers.
read more... 10/08/2015
Poland: Electricity grid at risk because of heatwave
Poland's electricity grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) declared on Friday that a heatwave was progressively restraining the country's power production and might put its operations at risk.
read more... 10/08/2015
European wind energy capacity covers 8% of electricity needs
European wind power capacity grew to a total 129 GW in 2014, according to report recently released by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
read more... 04/08/2015
Germany’s renewable power hits a new record
Germany’s renewable electricity surpassed the old record of 74 percent on July 25, hitting 78 percent of the day’s energy demand, spurred by windy weather in the north where Germany has most of its wind turbines installed and by sunny weather in the south.
read more... 29/07/2015
France wants to extend renewable energy tax
The French government is thinking about a reform of the tax levied on electricity bills to back green energy that would see it extended to natural gas and road fuels, as stated by a source close to the matter on Sunday.
read more... 28/07/2015