German Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen has said he wants to cut subsidies on installing solar panels sooner than planned as the number of people taking advantage of the incentives continues to soar. As do costs to electricity customers.
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2012-01-26 16:24:09
BERLIN (Reuters) - German environment minister Norbert Roettgen wants to bring forward reductions in the country's incentives for solar power by three months to April 1 in light of the continued strong expansion in the world's largest market.
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2012-01-26 03:54:16
Roettgen told solar industry representatives last week he wanted to reduce the feed-in tariff, a premium rate for renewable power, monthly instead of twice a year. “That model won't work because prices for solar products are dropping quicker than ...
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2012-01-25 12:46:34
Work on the grouted foundations for RWE Innogy's 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm is set to get underway following the award of the contract to Found Ocean. The wind farm is located 30 km north of Helgoland off the German North Sea coast in 20 to 25m deep ...
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2012-01-24 06:08:04
Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a contract by project developer ABO Wind for the construction of a further two wind farms with a total of 13 N117/2400 onshore turbines. Located in the German regions of Central Hesse and Franconia, ...
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2012-01-24 06:04:37
"I have strongly supported the Council's aims to develop innovative renewable energy projects and watched the progress of the solar photovoltaic panels with interest following the reduction of the Feed in Tariff," said Julian German, Cornwall Council's ...
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2012-01-24 03:37:15
German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said he planned to reduce feed-in tariffs providing above-market prices for solar power every month instead of twice a year, as he does now. He said he was working to curb an "unacceptable" surge in ...
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2012-01-22 07:06:50
The German government, aiming to spark an international dialogue about sustainable technologies, sponsored a 12-city North American tour of Das Haus, a model home and pavilion that showcases cutting-edge solar energy and energy-efficient construction.
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2012-01-21 02:19:12
While there was a rush of demand for solar panel installations from German consumers seeking to beat the latest feed-in tariff reductions in December 2011, production and capital investment by the country's solar firms remained subdued. ...
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2012-01-20 12:21:10
“It was clear that Roettgen would accelerate feed-in tariff digressions which would remove the bloom from the rose,” Jesse Pichel, analyst for Jefferies Group Inc., said today. “This will remove the ability for the German market to materially upside ...
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2012-01-20 06:23:07
What: Shares of solar cost-leader First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR ) saw the sun set on a strong start to 2012 as it fell 10% on German feed-in tariff changes. So what: The feed-in tariff system Germany implemented last year, with semiannual cuts based on ...
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2012-01-19 14:50:49
Industry concerns include run-away subsidies in new niches like solar power, failing traditional utility business models and a perceived rift between the environment and economy ministers over who runs the show. "Nobody knows what the future energy mix ...
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2012-01-19 11:02:33
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A goal of limiting new installations of solar panel capacity to 3,500-5,000 megawatt (MW) a year makes sense, Frank Asbeck, board member at BSW, Germany's largest solar industry association, said on Thursday.
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2012-01-19 09:00:38
The legally fixed feed-in electricity tariff maintaining the subsidies is guaranteed for 20 years under the EEG. This has led critics to warn of consumers having to pay soaring surcharges over the coming years. German consumers will have to pay 0.36 ...
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2012-01-19 06:32:40
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