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Solar - 02/21/2012
Solar self-consumption allows families to save for future increases in the light bills
With an appropriate legislation, any Spanish family, community and town could save from this year on, the future rises in the final price of electricity. The investment required for this would be € 3,500 per family. The photovoltaic industry believes that the "self-consumption per net balance" will be a revolution for every citizen and city. There are two major forms of consumption: the...[+] more
Companies - 02/19/2012
Iberdrola and National Grid award a £1bn contract to deliver first sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England
Iberdrola, through its subsidiary ScottishPower Transmission, and National Grid, Great Britain's transmission system operator, have today announced the award of a £1bn contract to Siemens and cable manufacturer Prysmian to build the first ever sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England/Wales. The major grid upgrade will increase the capacity of electricity flowing...[+] more
Energy efficiency - 02/15/2012
Spain would save over € 3 billion per year by having a control on the consumption in buildings, according to Euroconsult
Spain could save about € 3.3 billion per year by performing a better monitoring and control of the energy consumption within buildings. This would mean at least a 25% reduction on the € 13.145 billion from the current expenditure on electricity, water and gas, which the consulting and energy services group Euroconsult estimates. The energy consumed in Spain in one year goes over...[+] more
Event - 02/15/2012
WindPower Mexico 2012 Opening Day
WindPower 2012 is currently being held in Mexico City, at the Centro Banamex. This is the first edition of the International Conference Mexico WindPower 2012, a high-level event organized by the Mexican Association of Wind Energy (AMDEE), the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and E.J. Krause de Mexico, with the support from the federal government, and bringing together key players from the...[+] more
Other renewable energies - 02/14/2012
Zigor installs a hybrid system HITC 50KVA in the State of Maranhão, Brasil
Zigor in collaboration with Guascor has finished and set up successfully an autonomous mini-grid (photovoltaic with energy storage) in Brazilian territory. This installation is made-up of a mini-central that will generate electricity for the population of the island "Ilha Grande", located on the NorthWest coast of Maranhão State, north-eastern Brazil. This new infrastructure is...[+] more
People - 02/14/2012
Jaume Margarit, new APPA Director General
Jaume Margarit Roset has taken up his position as Director General of the Spanish Association of Renewable Energy Producers-APPA. In 2007, Jaume Margarit was appointed Director of Renewable Energy of the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE), where he was responsible for drawing up the Renewable Energy Plan (PER) 2011-2020, and the National Renewable Energy Action Plan...[+] more
Event - 02/13/2012
Forum in Bulgaria will focus on the Europe's solar PV market trends
Two reports examine Europe's solar PV market in 2011. They indicate slowing growth in the flagship countries and promise in some smaller regions for 2012 and beyond. New grid-connected PV capacity worldwide in 2011 rose by 67 percent to nearly 28 gigawatts (GW), nearly 21GW of that in Europe (up 57 percent from 2010's 13.3GW), says the European Photovoltaic Industry Association...[+] more
Sustainable mobility - 02/10/2012
Endesa develops a charger enabling electric vehicle to return power to the grid
Endesa has developed a prototype V2G (Vehicle to Grid) charger that enables electric vehicles to return stored power to the grid. This is an important step in the development of smart grids, which need tools to optimise output and distribution and improve the supply and demand balance between producers and consumers. Developed by Endesa in conjunction with the CITCEA centre of the ...[+] more
Companies - 02/09/2012
Over 50 entities are preparing a complaint to the EU against the moratorium on renewable energies
The Support Coordinator for Renewable Energy (which includes more than fifty institutions in various fields) has decided to take appropriate action to prepare a possible complaint against the European Union bodies regarding the moratorium on the development of renewable energy that involves RDL 1/2012, approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday 27, January and ratified today by the whole...[+] more
Wind power - 02/07/2012
Wind Energy Powers Ahead Despite Economic Turmoil
The Global Wind Energy Council annual market statistics published today show that the wind industry installed just over 41,000 MW of new clean, reliable wind power in 2011, bringing the total installed capacity globally to more than 238,000 MW at the end of last year. This represents an increase of 21%, with an increase in the size of the annual global market of just over 6%. Today,...[+] more
