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EU probes alleged misuse of Germany's green energy incentives
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30 November 2012
The European Commission said on Thursday (29 November) it was investigating the possibility Germany's new renewables energy law is leading to the misuse of incentives and exemptions.
Solar PV industry eyes up to 25% power share in 2030
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19 October 2012
There are no technical barriers to the large-scale integration of solar power into the electricity grid in Europe over the long term, says a report by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association.
France seen turning to renewables for 'ecological patriotism'
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14 September 2012
France's government begins a review of the world's most nuclear-dependent country's energy policy on Friday (14 September), strongly in support of its small and ailing renewables sector in an effort to boost local jobs and growth.
Europe’s solar industry growth 'cannot last forever'
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09 May 2012
Europe’s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is “weathering a period of uncertainty” and growth rates are likely to stall, according to the industry’s Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics until 2016, released today (9 May).
Germany announces up to 30% cuts in solar subsidies
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24 February 2012
The German government has agreed to accelerate the next round of cuts in state-mandated photovoltaic incentives by three months to April 1 after a record-breaking expansion of solar power in 2011.
France to give 'made in EU' premium to solar plants
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17 February 2012
French solar power producers will receive a 10% premium on selling green power from April, as long as the electricity is produced using components manufactured in the European Union, France's environment ministry said on Thursday (16 February).
Sun shines on German solar energy
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09 January 2012
Germany’s solar energy output defied government subsidy cuts to rise by a record 60% last year, according to the German Solar Industry Association BSW-Solar.
EU renewable energy firms caught in perfect storm
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16 November 2011
Three of Europe's top renewable energy companies became the latest victims of a global collapse in prices, massive oversupply and governments slashing subsidies as austerity budgets are being adopted across the continent to contain the eurozone debt crisis.
Special Report: Big boys enter solar race
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27 May 2011
Traditionally a market reserved for niche players, the solar sector is now drawing increasing interest from energy behemoths like General Electric and Total as well as unexpected new investors like Google.
Special Report: EU on track for solar grid parity by 2017
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26 May 2011
Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is set to achieve the environmentalists' holy grail of grid parity – the same cost price as fossil fuels – across the European Union by 2017, according to a UN expert.
EU sees solar power imported from Sahara in five years
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21 June 2010
Europe will import its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said in an interview on Sunday.
Few EU countries plan to trade renewable energy
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12 March 2010
Only five EU member states are planning to buy renewable energy from other countries, while the EU as a whole is on track to exceed its 20% collective target, the European Commission said yesterday (11 March).
Czech renewable energy boom tests grid safety limits
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11 March 2010
The installed capacity of wind and solar energy projects approved in the Czech Republic is nearly four times what can be safely fed into the country's electricity grid, energy distributors said on Wednesday (10 March).
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EPIA: Red tape hindering Europe's solar PV take off
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30 May 2011
Despite generous feed-in tariffs and abundant sunshine, Greece and Portugal are "pioneers" when it comes to bureaucratic hurdles to solar PV deployment, said Eleni Despotou of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
Behrens: Consolidation in solar market 'unavoidable'
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27 May 2011
Further mergers in the solar energy sector are unavoidable due to high competition as well as pressure from China, says Arno Behrens, head of energy at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), a Brussels-based think-tank.
IPCC author: Solar power will reach grid parity in EU by 2017
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26 May 2011
Solar power in the EU is very close to reaching "grid parity" - the same cost price as fossil fuels such as oil and coal - according to renewable energies expert Sven Teske. For that reason, stable feed-in tariffs are needed to ensure market certainty, he told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.