During the past month in Spain, despite the decline in demand for electricity due to the crisis, the energy production in Spain from renewable sources has reached more than half of the total electricity production. Of this production 25% is due to the contribution of hydropower, wind power followed with 22.1% and solar thermal technologies […]
IMPORT TAXES ON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FROM CHINA
Much has been said recently about the possibility of the European Union imposing tariffs on modules from China following complaints from 20 European manufacturers about price dumping and Chinese state subsidies on this product. (Energías-renovables News) It seems that the measures will be stronger than those already approved by the United States, the tariff being […]
Spain in the world ranking of renewable energy production
Renewable energies produced 16.7% of the world’s energy in 2011, with 8.5% of energy produced from traditional biomass and 8.2% produced from all other technologies, mainly solar and geothermal energy. China, the United States, Brazil, Canada and Germany, followed by India, are the countries with the greatest capacity for renewable electrical energy production, including hydroelectric […]
Renewable Energy with problems
The last few weeks have left a bitter taste to all those feeling renewable as the only way to push this country (Spain). Last Friday the government repealed the decrees of renewable raw that were key to a flourishing industry in this country at the time. We must clarify that while the new facility does […]
The government wants us to pay for the sun
After the biggest cut in the support to the renewable energies sector made by any government in the world, last July 12th, with the approval of the Royal Decree-Law 9/2013, which adopts urgent measures to guarantee the financial stability of the electrical system, the government of this banana monarchy in which we live has proposed […]
Install solar panels at home Where do I start?
I’m considering having solar energy at home? From Tienda-Solar, your online store renewable energies give you some tips to consider when having your own solar installation. 1. The first thing to consider when planning a solar installation at home and know the surface that we have to be earmarked for the placement of solar panels. We […]
The CNE wants to allow users to buy solar panels for their homes
The CNE wants to allow users to buy solar panels for their homes After the draft new Royal Decree that the Ministry of Industry wanted to implement, where they wanted to put an invented tax called “backup toll” to solar installations, including subsistence, it has reached the CNE to bring sanity to the matter. 1st.- […]
Good news for photovoltaic solar energy!
More solar panels can be purchased! And the “back-up toll” will be stopped further Today the BOE published the Order FOM/1635/2013 updating the Basic Document DB-HE “Energy Saving”, of the Technical Building Code, which establishes a minimum photovoltaic contribution of electrical energy in new buildings. This revision of the DB-HE will lead to the banishment […]
Traditional electrical utilities tend to disappear
The democratization of energy is a fact A few weeks ago we were surprised by a report from the world’s largest commercial bank, UBS, indicating that solar energy is already the cheapest of all-electric energy production. The only drawback is that the Sun is not modular, so we have a need for storage if we […]