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Germany’s upper house to put solar feed in tariffs cuts on hold
The Bundesrat, Germany's upper house of parliament, decided to temporarily suspend the planned sharp reduction in solar feed-in tariffs last week, sending the controversial proposals to an arbitration panel, move that represented a blow for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been struggling for months to force through cuts to feed-in tariffs of between 20 and 40 per cent.
read more... 15/05/2012
Saudi Arabia to become a major solar market
Saudi Arabia, as the largest oil producer, is planning to place more focus on renewable energy generation in order to curb its oil consumption.
read more... 14/05/2012
France solar PV capacity hits 3000 MW
The French solar PV capacity settled in March 3000 MW, with over 2,672 MW in mainland France and 39 MW installed in Corsica and overseas, while the whole installed capacity increased by 15 percent in metropolitan France this semester.
read more... 11/05/2012
Biggest ever onshore wind farm to be built in South Wales
The UK government gave green light to an expensive and controversial onshore wind farm, which will be the biggest ever in England and Wales, despite campaigners claimed it is “inefficient” and “intrusive."
read more... 10/05/2012
GE to provide wind turbines for Polish wind farms
GE will supply 38 wind turbines for the development of four wind projects in the second phase of Darlowo Wind Energy Center being developed in Northern Poland. For these wind projects will be utilized GE’s 2.5 MW class of wind turbines.
read more... 10/05/2012