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UK misses renewable energy goal, putting 2020 target in danger

Posted by refer on 15/04/11

The U.K. will more than likely miss a goal set by the European Union to obtain 15 percent of its energy supply from renewable sources by 2020, research groups have announced this week.

“Failure to meet the much-discussed 2010 target, in spite of very high levels of consumer subsidy, is a clear indication that the EU 2020 goals are impractical and unaffordable,” said John Constable, policy and research director for the Renewable Energy Foundation. “We need an urgent rethink.”

Last year the U.K. generated 6.5 percent of its electricity from renewable energy, coming up short of the 10% target that had been set by the former Labour party leadership.

More information: http://bloom.bg/hAaka4

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UK urged not to crush the “solar revolution”

Posted by refer on 15/04/11

Britain’s most influential environmental experts are urging the Government not to crush what they are calling the “solar revolution”.

Environmental groups are claiming that the UK has the lowest solar ambitions amongst their major EU counterparts, and the government have been blamed for not fully supporting plans by green energy companies for large scale solar farms.

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association have joined forces with green energy companies, and they released a statement to call for action.”Given our economic situation, surely we should seize green growth with both hands. Instead our solar ambitions are weakening.”

The government so far has only replied by saying its policy is to try to ensure that all technologies get their fair share of funding.

More information: http://bit.ly/hYbZcO

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TÜBİTAK to intensify R&D, innovation in energy

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) emphases the fact that interdisciplinary R&D and innovation studies in the energy field will enable Turkey to better realize its renewable energy potential as well as the production and other common facilities to use energy more efficiently. Moreover, it will contribute an added value to Turkey’s ambitions of becoming an energy corridor.

Full article: http://www.todayszaman.com/news-240914-tubitak-to-intensify-rd-innovation-in-energy.html

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Great plans for Germany’s wind industry

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

The FAZ reported that the future of the wind industry has been developed in the past five years at a research institute in Denmark.

The EU-funded project named UpWind gathered forty companies from eleven European countries to join efforts to bring forward the concept for a mega turbine. UpWind shows that the wind industry has not yet exhausted all its possibilities. Stephan Ritter, general manager of GE’s wind business in Europe, stresses that the aim is not always about maximizing output, pointing out that smaller 1.6-MW turbines were much more competitive at sites with limited grid capacity and acknowledging that there was a tendency to design bigger towers, which enabled the smart generation of electricity also at weak wind sites.

Read the whole article (in German): http://tiny.cc/p9qz1

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Germany’s energy change: Six-point program

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

The German ministries for economic affairs and the environment have agreed on “six points for a faster energy change in Germany”. Renewable energies should grow and extend at a faster pace. This six-point program includes a catalogue of suggestions to enable the increase of the proportion of renewable energies, the expansion of the electricity network, and the improvement of the energy efficiency. In order to achieve these goals, faster licensing and higher government subsidies are demanded.

Read the whole article (in German): http://tiny.cc/xdcx3

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General Electric Seeks ‘Significant’ Growth in Europe and Germany

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

GE are striving to grow throughout Europe but seem to have taken a keen eye to Germany, where they will base their European operations.

It was recently announced that they are going to launch large-scale activities in the nation soon, which is of course home to its direct competitor, Siemens. “The center of gravity in Europe is Germany, it will be the engine for our growth, ” said Ferdinando “Nani” Beccalli-Falco, Senior Vice President of GE in an Interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (FAZ) at the Hannover Fair on Wednesday.

He also announced that the capacity in the Garching Research Center in Munich will be doubled. In the next three to four years the staff number of 250 will be extended to 500.

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Germany’s wind industry on the rise

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

Hermann Albers, president of the Wind Energy Association (BWE) called for more wind energy facilities in southern Germany to meet the nations demand for electricity. “Wind power in this country can easily replace nuclear energy” – He announced confidently.

Ultimately, wind energy could easily cover up to 65 percent of the electricity demand in Germany, Albers explained with reference to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy and Wind Energy Systems Technology (IWES).

But Albers also urged people not to get carried away by focusing only on wind energy, and insisted all forms of renewable energy should receive investment to contribute towards the national energy mix. “We need the whole concert of renewables,” he said.

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Spain stars at the European Union’s Sustainable Energy Week

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

Spain, with the largest number of scheduled events, is starring at the European Union’s Sustainable Energy Week, which began on Monday, 12 April, in Brussels and which continues until 15 April with the participation of more than 30,000 people from 43 countries.

According to the European Commission, this initiative aims to encourage a debate on energy efficiency and renewable energy and explore ways to encourage energy saving while also providing concrete examples that can be applied across the EU.

To read more (in Spanish) go to: http://bit.ly/hBMnqp

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The Government of the Canary Islands supports the European Islands Pact with the goal of advancing renewable energy

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

Vice President and Minister for Employment, Industry and Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands, María del Mar Julius, signed on Tuesday, on behalf of all the islands, the European Islands Pact with the goal of advancing renewable energy.

Julius said in a statement that “the most important thing of all” is that the European island territories are united in urging the European Union (EU) and member states to provide specific legislation, specific funding and a specific pricing system in order to attain the “highest use of renewable energy.”

To read more (in Spanish) go to: http://bit.ly/f7UdAF

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South Denmark plans to create 45,000 new jobs in offshore power by 2020

Posted by refer on 14/04/11

Thomas Jensen, EU Consultant at the South Denmark European Office in Brussels, talks to EUX.TV‘s Raymond Frenken at the European Regions Energy Days in Brussels about the offshore wind power cluster in the region Syddanmark, and about the potential to create new jobs in Europe in renewable energy. The Danish region plans to create some 45,000 new jobs in offshore renewables by 2020.

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