German gas-fired generation fell by 27 per over the last year according to figures from the National Association of Energy and Water (BDEW).
Axel van Trotsenburg, the East Asia and Pacific Vice President of the World Bank, has said that improving electricity supply is a key development priority requiring public and private investment.
The Scottish Government has announced a new target to decarbonise electricity generation, as First Minister Alex Salmond outlined that the country will seek to reduce carbon dioxide production by over 80 per cent by 2030.
According to the 2012 French Electricity Report published last week by France’s transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), photovoltaic systems generated 4 TWh in 2012.
Germany’s move to exit nuclear power and shift to renewables within the next decade has caused the country’s second largest utility, RWE, to fundamentally rethink its business.
Chile’s National Energy Commission (CNE) said that it was feasible to connect up to 2.2 GW of solar plants to the national grid over the next 15 years.
With Federal tax credits expiring at year-end 2012, US wind energy developers brought 10,700 MW of wind power online in 2012, as compared to 4510 MW for coal and 8746 MW of natural gas-fired capacity.