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First Solar to halt 30% of its worldwide manufacturing capacity
First Solar, the United States' largest maker of solar panels, has recently announced its plans to halt one third of its production facilities worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 in order to struggle with lower panel prices.
read more... 19/04/2012
Spain wind energy reaches 60.5% demand
According to national grid manager REE, Spain’s wind parks provided a record 60.46 percent of demand for power early on Monday, following a windy weekend that pushed wholesale power prices to their lowest levels in more than two years.
read more... 18/04/2012
EDF to enter the Moroccan wind market
The consortium led by EDF Energies Nouvelle, the renewable arm of the French giant EDF, in association with Mitsui & Co. Ltd, were selected by Morocco’s national electricity office, Office National d’Electricité (ONE) to develop a 150 MW wind farm located to the east of Fes, northern Morocco.
read more... 18/04/2012
Vattenfall to make a major investment in hydro power
Swedish power company Vattenfall revealed its plans to invest SEK13bn ($1.9bn) on upgrading and boosting production at its hydro power plants until 2023.
read more... 17/04/2012
Largest solar power plant to be built in Asia
The biggest solar power plant will be built in Asia by the French energy group Areva for the Indian company Reliance Power, according to an announcement on Wednesday. The two plants are developed by Areva Solar and imply the use of compact linear Fresnel reflector technology aimed to generate 250 MW of electricity in Rajasthan, a northwestern region in India.
read more... 12/04/2012