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Russia’s Renova to shift it solar activity to South Africa
Avelar Energy Group, a part of Russia’s Renova Group, envisages selling solar panels and building power stations in South Africa, as an effort to orient its market from Europe to Africa and Asia.
read more... 31/05/2013
18 EU member states vote against moves to impose duties on Chinese solar panels
Yesterday, a majority of EU nations voted against the imposition of duties on Chinese solar panels. The duties were proposed by EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht in response to supposed "dumping" of solar panels by China, selling at below cost. The Commission is due to take a decision on 5 June.
read more... 29/05/2013
UK to reject a new EU target on renewable energy
The UK government will reject the EU’s attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU perimeter, considering it as “inflexible and unnecessary”.
read more... 28/05/2013
IEA warns Germany on costly clean energy transition
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director, Maria van der Hoeven recommended the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to curb electricity retail prices in Germany, otherwise the country’s shift to green power may be jeopardized.
read more... 27/05/2013
Slovakian government is considering introducing new tax on renewable energy sources
Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico has announced that Slovakian government is considering additional taxation of producers of electricity from renewable sources that gained the right to generous purchasing electricity prices in the past.
read more... 24/05/2013