Business Edition
nr 114
October 2, 2008
Special:
Spain: new PV legislation better than expected
After months of uncertainty for Spain’s solar industry, the Spanish government has finally approved a new feed-in tariff that seems to satisfy all parties. The new solar PV Royal Decree (Real Decreto) establishes a €0.32 kWh feed-in tariff for ground mounted facilities, and €0.32 to €0.34 kWh for small and big rooftop facilities. Read
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US Senate passes (again) renewable tax credits bill
The US Senate has passed a multi-billion dollar financial bailout bill that includes approximately $18 billion in extensions of tax breaks for renewable energy producers. Read
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IEA urges to accelerate renewable energy deployment
Political commitment and effective policy design and implementation are key aspects to accelerate the exploitation of renewable energy sources needed to halve CO2 emissions by 2050 and avoid the most serious effects of climate change, a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes. Read
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Editorial: Good practices
A couple of weeks ago I heard someone speaking about a huge 10 GW (!) onshore wind farm in China. Even though China has its own red tape, the country surely knows how to develop projects rapidly. Read
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MEPs in favour of strict emissions car caps
The EU Parliament’s Environment committee (ENVI) has voted to keep the Commission’s existing target for average new cars at 130g CO2/km by 2012, ruling out a previous proposal that would have given carmakers an extra three years to implement the CO2 reductions. Read more
New German grid company to design infrastructure
(Montel Powernews) German environment minister Sigmar Gabriel has called for the creation of a German grid company. The new German energy infrastructure should include a so-called "super grid" in the North Sea. Read
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CO2 emissions still on the rise
According to an overview of the Global Carbon Project, the emissions of CO2, and therefore the atmospheric concentrations, are increasing faster than ever. The group of researchers regularly makes an update of the status in the global carbon cycle. Read more
Green economy to create millions of new jobs: UNEP report
The impact of an emerging global ‘green economy’ due to climate change could result in the creation of millions of new ‘green jobs’ in the coming decades, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says. Read
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In Brief
- Full auctioning of CO2 permits unlikely to increase power prices
- Plastic electrical van presented
- New records in PV efficiency reported
- Europe needs proactive adaptation measures: new report
- Vattenfall wants to reach carbon neutrality by 2050
- Interactive maps of promising RE sites in US
- Scotland to boost marine power
- Commission and Member States agree to reduce EU’s electricity consumption
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