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Renewable energy in Southern Europe

  • Operating wind power capacity in Greece grew by 7.9%

    GREECE, 2014/01/05 Operating wind power capacity in Greece grew by 7.9% in the second half of 2013, amounting to 1,864.6 megawatts (MW), Kathimerini online reports quoting market data released this week by the Hellenic Scientific Association of Wind Energy (ELETAEN). The new wind power capacity installed within that period comes to 71.15 MW, according to the same data. The figure is double compared to the initial six months of 2013 and seven times additional than the same period in 2012. On a regional level, Central Greece leads in installed wind power with 30.8%, or 573.8 MW, while the Peloponnese follows with 18.6%, or 347.55 MW. Five groups share about two-thirds of the installed power.

  • Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy

    INDIA, 2013/04/21 Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New & Renewable Energy today met Spanish delegation led by Ms. Carmen Vela Olmo, Minister of National for Research, Development and Innovation. Both the leaders agreed to enhance research, cooperation and technologies in the field of Renewable Energy.

  • Chinese companies move into renewable energy and water sectors in Portugal

    CHINA, 2013/04/09 Solar energy and water and sanitation are the new business areas for Chinese companies in Portugal, where the country by presently has a presence in power generation and distribution. Last week the Hanergy Solar Group said in a Hong Kong market filing that it had agreed to buy solar energy parks in Portugal, without naming the seller.

  • Spain is exploring the relatively young wave power industry

    SPAIN, 2013/04/06 The surf in the Bay of Biscay, off Spain's north coast, has claimed countless lives in shipwrecks over the centuries. Spanish engineers have found a way to harness the power of these waves to produce electricity. Waves constantly thrash the tiny fishing village of Mutriku on Spain's northern Basque coast. Tax logs as far back as the 13th century describe dangerous surf and shipwrecks. Water even hurled debris through the windows of homes formerly the local government built a cement breakwater a few years ago.

  • Spain's new energy reform

    SPAIN, 2013/02/25  Spain's new energy reform, which reverses years of policy to promote renewable power, threatens to reinforce its dependence on coal and costly gas and to bankrupt renewable firms that have built a competitive edge over a decade. Once a poster child for renewable energy, Spain has slashed subsidies in its fifth attempt to reform a dysfunctional regulated power system, in which prices do not cover costs.

  • Bosnian Town Scraps ‘Tax on Sunshine’

    BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 2013/02/13 Tuzla’s cantonal government said this week that it would scrap the legislation, which decreed that people using solar panels to generate electricity for commercial purposes must pay the authorities for the use of the sun’s rays. A similar ‘wind tax’ in Tuzla, demanding payments from people generating power from wind energy, will as well be cancelled.

  • Portuguese renewables company EDP Renováveis increases electricity production in Brazil by 36 pct

    PORTUGAL, 2013/02/08 Electricity production by Portuguese renewable energy company EDP Renováveis of the EDP – Energias de Portugal group, in Brazil rose by 36 % in 2012 to 213 gigawatt hours (GWh), according to a statement issued to the market Tuesday. Brazil was the market where EDP Renováveis grew most relatively speaking – additional than Spain (11 %), Portugal (4 %), the rest of Europe (30 %) and the United States (6 %).

  • Renewables deliver 32% in Spain

    SPAIN, 2013/01/11 The figure is down from 33% in 2011 and a peak of 35% in 2010 due to low reservoir levels at hydroelectric dams. By comparison, renewables last year represented 11.7% of total production in the UK and 23% in Germany. But while the roll-out of renewables continues at a fast pace in much of Northern Europe, the addition of new capacity has met critical obstacles in Spain, which has implemented harsh austerity measures to counter its deficit crisis. Solar has been hit by a retroactive cut to PV feed-in tariffs, while wind power is set to suffer from a new levy on electricity generation and a lack of regulation covering next installations.
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