Wind energy has an important role to play in meeting the EU target of 20% renewable energy in Europe’s total energy consumption by 2020, and its deployment in Natura 2000 areas is not automatically excluded.
While in general terms wind energy does not represent a threat to wildlife, poorly sited or designed wind farms can have a negative impact on vulnerable species and...
Energy Regulatory Office issued new feed–in tariffs for year 2011 :
WTG in operation from 1st January, 2011 till 31th December, 2011 - (Feed-in tariff) CZK/MWh 2230 / (Green Bonus) 1830.
Having attracted over 90 leading companies from China, the United States, Germany and other regions and countries in the world, World Wind Energy Summit 2010 was successfully held in Beijing from October 18th to 19th. With the rapid development of industrial globalization, the traditional energy sources are gradually depleted. In order to promote sustainable development, the world has paid...
Regulatory Agency for Energy (RAE) provided Copelouzos Group with production licence for its investment of €2bil. for construction of wind parks of 1002MW in Crete which will be also connected with Peloponnese. Worth mentioning is that Copelouzos Group signed an agreement with the Egyptian government for construction of 3000MW- wind parks in Suez and their connection with power cable to...
Introduction of the Newsletter CzWEA 6/2010 :
The main event of the month was “Den otevřených dveří větrných elektráren” (Wind Park Open House) organized on the occasion of Global Wind Day throughout the world, in Europe as well as in the Czech Republic. By this Open House the Czech Wind Energy Association (ČSVE) joined the celebration of...
More new wind power capacity was installed in the EU in 2009 than any other electricity-generating technology, new statistics published today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) reveal. 39% of all new capacity installed in 2009 was wind power, followed by gas (26%) and solar photovoltaics (16%). Europe decommissioned more coal, fuel oil and nuclear capacity than it installed in...
