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London Array produced its first power
One of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array project, has delivered its first power to the grid last week. The wind farm which is situated in Thames Estuary, around 20 km off the coasts of Kent and Essex is being developed by a joint venture between Dong Energy, E.ON and Masdar.
read more... 30/10/2012
A €280 million solar thermal power plant inaugurated in Spain
The Madrid-based infrastructure company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) has achieved the construction of its first solar thermal power in Spain.
read more... 30/10/2012
UK solar installations reached 1.3 GW due to drastic cuts in FiT
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has released new figures according to which a total capacity of 1.3 GW of solar installations was installed nationally at the end of September 2012. The severe cuts in feed-in tariffs for solar power in the UK reduced installations by almost 60 % in April, leaving the government far behind from its goal of 22 GW of PV by 2020.
read more... 26/10/2012
Siemens to abandon solar market
German engineering conglomerate Siemens envisages to sell its loss- making solar energy business following a decline in profit margins which forced Siemens to reorganize its core activities.
read more... 23/10/2012
China to support solar power industry
According to some government sources and industry officials, the Chinese government is working on policies to support the connection of photovoltaic solar power producers expand in the domestic market and help the industry get through tough times.
read more... 22/10/2012