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Greece: 48 of Thessaloniki’s schools go solar The Municipality of Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece, announced recently that it will install photovoltaic systems on the roofs of a total 50 municipal buildings. 48 of these are public schools.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 21, 2013
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Solar Cells Hellas reaches 20 MW of installed capacity Solar Cells Hellas Group, the biggest PV producer in Greece, connected to the grid in January three new photovoltaic parks of a 3.19 MW total installed capacity.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 16, 2013
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Greece reveals 724.162 MW of licensed “Fast Track” PV projects Notis Mitarakis, the Greek Deputy Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks has revealed a list of five photovoltaic projects that have been granted “fast track” status by the state. Once completed, these projects will have a total capacity of 724.162 MW.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 15, 2013
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Portuguese PV grows steadily A report published by the Portuguese energy regulator, the DGGE (Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia), on Thursday January 10, says cumulative solar power capacity in Portugal at the end of October 2012 reached 193.3 MW.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 13, 2013
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Italian grid operator announces a 2012 boom in photovoltaic production TERNA, the Italian grid operator for electricity transmission, announced today that photovoltaic power production in 2012 provided 5.6% of the total electricity demand.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 09, 2013
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Mitsubishi acquires 55 MW of a French Photovoltaic Park Japanese corporation Mitsubishi announced it has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in Toul–Rosières solar power plant tranche 1 (55MW), from EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN).
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 09, 2013
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Greek PV Association to oppose government levy on parks?? The Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers (SPEF) has filed a formal complaint at the European Commission with regards to the special levy the Greek Government has imposed on photovoltaic parks.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 07, 2013
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10 MW installation in Cyprus buffer zone The University of Cyprus has secured United Nations (UN) permission to build a 10 MW PV park within the UN buffer zone.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 01, 2013
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Cyprus: Energy regulator issues 18 licenses for PV parks The Cypriot Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) announced on Friday 14 December the results of its recent application call for photovoltaic projects ranging from 20 KW to 150 KW. Overall, 18 applications were approved corresponding to a total capacity of 1.7 MW of solar power.
Ilias Tsagas
Dec 16, 2012