The end of the moratorium on photovoltaic tariffs, which was decided on last December, is approaching. Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that manufacturers wishing to build plants on the ground or on larger areas of panels will have to answer calls for tenders. Individuals and small projects will see their tariff reduced by 20% in [...]

After three sessions of discussion among solar industry professionals and governments, no consensus has been reached. The negotiations are supposed to end Feb. 11th. The government officials have repeated the same credo that they expressed during the last meeting, namely “a roadmap of 500 MW production per year ” in order to not exceed the [...]

Last Monday, at meeting of the Committee for Energy to the Walloon government, the discussion focused on the photovoltaic industry in the region. It was also an opportunity for players in the industry to recall Belgium’s energy targets; 13% consumption of electricity from renewable energy by 2020. The problem for the Belgian energy industry, however, [...]

Segolene Royal calls for the withdrawal of the moratorium on public funding. The Minister of Ecology estimated that it was not possible to publish a partial decision and reminded professionals that the government’s goal is to create an industrial sector. The rate of photovoltaic has taken a political turn. After protests from the industry, the [...]

The Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas has announced that the number of small power plants in Italy has increased to 74.000, highlighting that over 95% of those are solar power plants.  In fact, in 2009, small and very small photovoltaic installations grew by 123%, reaching 71.000 plants.  The Report also shows that the [...]

An interministerial meeting was held Thursday in order to redefine the tariffs for solar electricity. The industry is calling for a negotiation. This meeting was about the future of photovoltaic energy with the following problem: how to ensure the development of green energy without blowing the funding that supports it. Professionals in the industry have [...]

Festival founder Michael Eavis has installed the largest photovoltaic electricity generating system in the UK at Glastonbury. It has been built on private land at Worthy Farm on the Glastonbury Festival site. The plant will generate enough electricity to meet 80% of the farm’s electricity demand, equivalent to 40 households and will save around 100 [...]

The mayor of Trino Vercellese, one of the Italian town that is hosting a nuclear plant in decommissioning, announced the project of a new 70 MW solar power plant, to be built next to the combined cycle power plant of the town. Even more, the plant will be realized on the ground that was originally [...]

Wind Energy Association (ESA) says the wind is already funding the additional costs of other sectors The Photovoltaic Industry Association (ASIF) estimates that if the auto-consumption improves, photovoltaic energy could cover in 2020 between 10% and 12% of the electricity demand, equivalent to more than twice the percentages projected by the Government.  Photovoltaic technology has cut [...]