The German union has called on the government to cut the aid given to actors in the solar industry. The group has asked the German Minister for Environment, Mr. Röttgen, to reduce state subsidies to solar power and photovoltaics. According to the Financial Times, this information was mentioned in an internal letter. In 2010 the [...]

 Infrabel, the managing group of Belgium’s railway network has taken a step forward in their bid to reduce the production of greenhouse gases through the use of renewable energy. They announced plans to install up to 16,000 solar panels along various routes, most notably along the roof of 3.4km tunnel linking Amsterdam and Paris.  An [...]

British Gas has announced a “£7bn Solar Panel Rooftop Bonanza for British Homes” and claims that as many as half of Britain’s homes could earn around £600 a year from roof top solar panels with some earning as much as £1000. Read the British Gas press release: http://bit.ly/ddDZSA

Spiegel Online reports that the German solar industry should profit massively from the most recent sunny weather. However, and due to the subsidies paid to support solar power, citizens are facing higher electricity bills. While extreme amounts of strong sun light meant that solar power temporarily accounted for nearly ten percent of Germany’s power supply [...]