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UK renewable sector sees crash in investments
The development of new renewable capacity fell significantly this year following a “dash gas” policy of the big six British energy suppliers that could damage UK’s climate change targets and keep households bills up. UK’s offshore wind market underwent a strong decline this year with only 540 MW of new onshore and offshore installed capacity, comparing to 1, 192 MW installed last year.
read more... 06/12/2011
Asia-Pacific PV market likely to grow 130% by 2011
According to the released report by Solarbuzz, Asia Pacific Major PV Markets, Asia’s solar market is likely to grow 39% in the final quarter of 2011 and by 130% between Q4 2010 and Q4 2011.
read more... 05/12/2011
Siemens launches its new 6MW offshore wind turbine
Siemens has recently introduced its 6 MW direct drive wind turbine at the European Offshore Wind Energy Conference in Amsterdam.
read more... 02/12/2011
EWEA: Europe’s offshore wind energy to reach 150 GW by 2030
Europe’s offshore wind capacity could reach 150 GW by 2030 from 4 GW of installed capacity today, being able to supply about 14% of EU electricity demand according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) latest report on offshore wind supply chain.
read more... 01/12/2011
EEA: EU renewable energy to boost by 2020
European countries are expected to see significant growth of the renewable energy capacity over the next decade if EU member states meet their common target of producing 20% of energy from green sources by 2020.
read more... 30/11/2011