Germany’s recently approved “climate package” is its latest step in securing the country’s position as a leading investment location in renewable energies. “The reforms maintain attractive feed-in tariffs and strengthen the legal framework for energy-efficiency investments, therefore adding to Germany’s already inviting investment conditions in photovoltaic (PV) energy,” says David Wortmann, Director of the Renewable [...]
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Flabeg developed a mirror that reflects until 93% of sunlight.
A study by the German Aerospace Center estimated that harnessing the sun’s energy falling on just 6,000 square kilometers of desert in North Africa would supply energy equivalent to the entire oil production of the Middle East of 9 billion barrels a year.
The study calculated that [...]
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The company Innogy REW, with the purchase of the company Enova Energieanlagen GmbH, has acquired the rights to develop 3 wind farms in the sea of Germany, including a 960 MW capacity.
The wind farm, called Innogy Nordsee 1, will be built 40 kilometers north of the Juist Island, covering a sea area of 150 km2. [...]
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According to the latest survey by Ernst & Young, Germany has overtaken the United States as the most attractive market for investment in renewable energy. The firm blamed the fall of the economy to what has been a difficult year in investment in renewable energy.
Germany has been successfully attracting foreign investment through its laws where [...]
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The recently approved “climate package” strengthens Germany’s position as a leading location for investment in solar energy.
The reforms keep an attractive bonus system and strengthen the legal framework for energy efficiency investments, therefore adding to the attractive investment conditions in Germany for solar energy, said David Wortmann, head of renewable energy equipment and resources [...]
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The German town of Dardesheim has become the first in the world feeded one hundred percent on renewable energies, installed Aeolian turbines near the town and photovoltaic solar panels installed in the tile roofs of these houses, instead of farms as it happens in other places or cities, for example, the case of Ontario, in [...]
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Times are changing. The lines of the bucolic horizon with ceiling tiles defining cities in Germany would soon wear a new look: the sun.
If the council of Marburg gets their way, Marburg will be the first city in Germany to require solar collectors on the roofs of legally private commercial buildings. The goal of Fritz [...]
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Germany is the world leader in the market of solar energy. It has el 55% of the total production of solar electricity. Solar industry of the country has 2.500 MWp of accumulative PV potency installed and sales that reached 3.800 million euros last year. This number of sales is expected to grow 20% next year.
The [...]
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Who says technology cannot be pleasing to the eye. A beautiful picture that we see below, is a solar power plant located in Bavaria Germany. While there was much to clear to build forests, the emission of greenhouse gases that are no longer issued by the coal plants will not counteract no doubt.
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