With 2,500 hours of sunshine per year and average radiation of 1,650 kWh/m², Spain has one of the highest natural potentials for the generation of solar energy in Europe. The above-average number of production hours and good infrastructure make the market attractive. Development After the Spanish government suspended the feed-in tariffs in 2013 in response […]
Coplanar or tilted structure?
Learning to select PV modules structures Performing the installation of solar panels can become a simple task if we have designed the system correctly and have provisioned ourselves with the necessary components. Once we have made the decision to install photovoltaic panels on our rooftop, we should consider when we are currently consuming energy in […]
What is the peak shaving or how to save a few euros in the fixed term of the receipt of the light
Photovoltaic not only produces savings in the energy consumption part of your utility bill. Peak shaving is a term that begins to listen and that helps to understand another way through which the photovoltaic is able to allow us to save in utility bills. While everyone understands that installing solar panels on your roof can […]
China already installs more than 40 million photovoltaic panels per month, and climbing
The potential of photovoltaics has always been underestimated Photovoltaics still exceed all expectations. Since technology began to be used for mass electric production, technology has overflowed all perspectives. In June and July, 23 GW of new photovoltaic solar power was installed in China alone, this is more than 40 million panels per month. A figure […]
The new renewables Directive or the failure of European dis-Union
The views of the sector are divided between the welcome to the existence of the Directive and the dismay of the feeling that it could have aspired to much more in a historical opportunity for Europe The new European Directive that will lay the foundations for the development of everything related to energy with the […]
Trump’s victory is like the sun tax. And it can have similar effects!
Trump is like the Sun Tax Yesterday’s news was undoubtedly Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in the US election. But if we stop to analyze it, it is much like the tax on the Sun, both represent the success of the tactic of blaming the weak of our own evils. The speech that has given victory […]
(Solar) light at the end of the tunnel
Spain is preparing the auction of new renewable power for the equivalent of a new nuclear power plant that should start before 2019 After years of drought, suspended by law in 2012 all new gird connection of new renewable electricity generation plants, it seems that the sector can begin to awaken from their slumber. The […]
The commitment to renewable energy: major countries
Between 2003 and 2012, the planet’s temperature has risen 0,78ºC with respect to that achieved in the preindustrial era. At least this is what they say the data used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that warns that the trend will continue as usual in the coming periods, a promotion can occur between […]
Why are forests important?
International Forest Day or World Forestry Day is celebrated on the recommendation of the World Forestry Congress (Rome, 1969). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1971. accepted. The day of the celebration coincides with the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Autumn. The goal of this day is […]