Thanks to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), recent years have seen the German wind energy sector take a leading position in the international wind energy market. Midway through 2008, the total installed wind power amounts to over ...

In the wake of the recently revised Feed-in-Tariff in Germany and the forthcoming new legislation – due in late September 2008 – in Spain, Italy is becoming the most attractive market in Europe for those stakeholders willing to invest in large-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations ...

The international scene imposes upon us a change of direction in the next few years with the aim of reaching the objectives of 2020; the figures from recent years are cautiously reassuring, and while the increase is steady, it still not sufficient ...

After some years of spectacular growth, the Spanish photovoltaic sector is left to wonder what its future will be. This will be determined by the politics that mark the new Government, after the general elections in March ...

At the beginning of 2008, the President of the European Commission, Joao Durao Barroso, and three European commissioners (Energy, Environment and Competence) presented the proposal for the new directive on the promotion of the use ...

Little wonder Swedes are kept in such high esteem by the international community – they just always seem to be doing the right thing. Nobel laureate Al Gore certainly appeared to agree when he, following the joint receipt of the Peace Prize ...

Contemporary wind technology was born and came of age in Denmark. In the 1980s and 1990s, a dynamic research and production network evolved here, growing at an astonishing pace and resulting in the creation of a new industry. By 2001, 2,500 MW of wind power had already been installed in a country with just over five million inhabitants. On days with strong winds, wind power can cover half of the total need for electricity in Denmark, and still normal power quality standards are maintained.

In 1946, the annual hydroelectric power production in Norway was 11 TWh. The development of new hydropower increased the production to 119.5 TWh in 1995. Today, hydroelectric power production is approximately 123 TWh ...

By mid 2007, 19,024 wind turbines with a total capacity of 21,283 MW were installed in Germany altogether. This is a world record. In the first half of the year, 22 TWh of wind electricity was generated; this is almost nine per cent of Germany’s electricity consumption ...

The term biomass derives from the Greek expression bios, meaning life and it can be described as the accumulation of organic matter. In the energy sector, biomass refers to living and recently dead biological material which can be used as fuel ...