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Mar 8th, 2012 |
By Bernd Schönwälder
In expectation of the most important conference for the Belgian photovoltaic market The Solar Future: Belgium 2012 which will take place at the end of march in Brussels. Peter J. Segaar analyzed for Solarplaza the last years (www.solarplaza.com). In his overview he pointed out that 2011 Belgium’s PV market beat the previous record year 2009.
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Tags: Belgium, EU, future, market figures, photovoltaic (PV), PV market
Mar 3rd, 2012 |
By Nikolaus Zumbusch
Overall electricity generation in Germany will decrease from 625 terrawatt-hours (TWh) in 2010 to 590 TWh in 2020. This change is attributed to energy efficiency measures and increased imports that will replace the supply lost from nuclear power sources. Despite the fall in overall electricity generation, Frost & Sullivan predicts an increase in installed capacity
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Tags: efficiency, energy, Germany, market figures, photovoltaic (PV), PV market, renewable, solar power
Mar 2nd, 2012 |
By 3rd Party Content
In a letter sent today to President Barack Obama, CEOs of 45 US solar energy companies strongly urged the President in his meeting with China’s Vice President Xi Jinping “to discuss the mutual benefits of renewable energy development, especially solar photovoltaic technology.” The 45 CEOs represent a cross-section of the US solar industry employing thousands of US workers in 19 states.
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Tags: anti dumping, CASE, China, jobs, photovoltaic (PV), solar subsidies, SolarWorld, US
Mar 2nd, 2012 |
By 3rd Party Content
Für eine zukunftsfähige Energieversorgung in der Europäischen Union bleibt die forcierte Installation von Erneuerbare-Energien-Anlagen ohne Alternative. Das gilt für Deutschland ebenso wie für die übrigen Mitgliedstaaten im Binnenmarkt. Die am Freitag, 10.01.2012, vom CDU-Wirtschaftsrat verkündete Thesen über eine Gefährdung der Netzstabilität stehen im Widerspruch zur Realität im deutsch-französischen Stromhandel.
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Tags: EEG, EU, Germany, Solarausstiegsgesetz, Solarförderung, Solarstromförderung
Mar 2nd, 2012 |
By Nikolaus Zumbusch
European leaders have written a letter to Brussels urging the EU’s economic policies to become more growth focused ahead of a March 1 summit. The letter can be found in Internet : We meet in Brussels at a perilous moment for economies across Europe. Growth has stalled. Unemployment is rising. Citizens and businesses are facing their toughest conditions for years. As many of our major competitor economies grow steadily out of the gloom of the recent global crisis, financial market turbulence and the burden of debt renders the path to recovery in Europe much harder to climb.
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Tags: EEG, EU, Germany, photovoltaic (PV), photovoltaic industry, solar subsidies
Mar 2nd, 2012 |
By 3rd Party Content
F.A.Z.-Artikel über internationale Klimaverhandlungen und deren auswirkungen auf effektifen Klimaschutz.
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Feb 27th, 2012 |
By Nikolaus Zumbusch
In its zeal to promote solar energy in this country, the Obama administration is considering a policy that threatens to be counterproductive to the U.S. solar industry and to overall trade with China. At issue is China’s manufacture of solar cells and solar panels at costs that are well below those of American solar panel manufacturers. The American arm of SolarWorld, a German firm that makes solar cells and panels in Oregon, filed a trade complaint, arguing that Chinese solar companies are unfairly and illegally benefiting from huge subsidies and dumping solar cells in the United States.
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Feb 26th, 2012 |
By Nikolaus Zumbusch
Germany needs a master plan that brings together central and local government policy and provides certainty for investors and project firms if it is to find the $420 billion needed to fund a radical shift towards green power, a study said on Monday. The study by the HypoVereinsbank (HVB), a unit of Italy’s UniCredit, being published on Monday says that Germany needs a master plan that brings together central and local government policy and which provides certainty for investors and project firms if Germany wants to fund $420 billion which are needed to finance a radical shift towards green power.
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Tags: Germany, innovation, renewable
Feb 22nd, 2012 |
By 3rd Party Content
Solaranlagen sind der Hit unter Deutschlands Haus- und Hofbesitzern. Die Rechnung dafür bekommt jeder Stromkunde. Die Regierung will schon sehr bald den Boom bremsen. Die Bundesregierung will die Solarförderung nach Angaben aus Regierungs- und Branchenkreisen um bis zu einem Drittel kappen. Große Freiflächenanlagen sollten ab April über 30 Prozent weniger Vergütung für Strom bekommen, sagten
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Tags: Germany, Solarförderung
Feb 22nd, 2012 |
By 3rd Party Content
China will eine Überforderung der Branche vermeiden und reduziert deshalb die Einspeisevergütung. Das Land kürzt die staatliche Förderung der Sonnenenergie. Die Investoren sollen in diesem Jahr nur noch 7 Yuan (umgerechnet 0,84 Euro) für jedes neu installierte Watt erhalten, teilte das Finanzministerium gestern auf seiner Internetseite mit. Im Vorjahr erhielten sie noch 9 Yuan je Watt für Solarmodule auf Basis von Silizium und 8 Yuan je Watt für Dünnschichtmodule. Dahinter verbergen sich zwei unterschiedliche Fotovoltaiktechniken, deutsche Hersteller wie Solarworld sind meist auf Siliziummodule fokussiert.
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Tags: China, Effizienz Solaranlagen, Germany, Solarförderung