CleanTechnica » germany feed in tariff http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar News Roundup (25 Stories) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/03/solar-news-roundup-2/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/03/solar-news-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 21:46:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=51260 More solar news & views for your reading, viewing, sharing pleasure: Solar Impulse Cross-US Flight Launches The Solar Plane is Airborne, Across America 2013 Begins Solar Cells Receive Efficiency Boost Thanks To New Nanoscale Structures 6 Rooftops In LA Could Generate $1,000,000+ Annually From Solar Power Eurostat: EU Renewable Energy Up To 13% Of Energy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/03/solar-news-roundup-2/feed/ 0 How Tesla’s Master Plan Is Similar To Germany’s Solar FiT http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/05/how-teslas-master-plan-is-similar-to-germanys-solar-fit/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/05/how-teslas-master-plan-is-similar-to-germanys-solar-fit/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:15:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=49155 Reposted from Lenz Blog (image added): By Karl-Friedrich Lenz This blog post at the Tesla Motors site is from 2006, but it was at the top spot in the “Energy” section of Reddit.com yesterday, so I found it that way. In it, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk describes his “secret master plan” to get electrical cars on the street in big numbers. He observes

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/03/05/how-teslas-master-plan-is-similar-to-germanys-solar-fit/feed/ 5 Germans Love Their Solar & Wind Power — Myth About Solar Subsidy ‘Backlash’ Is BS http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/10/germany-solar-subsidies-poll/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/10/germany-solar-subsidies-poll/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:03:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48264 Imagine this: your national and local economies are benefiting from a shift to renewable energy, your air and water are getting cleaner, your electric grid is becoming more democratized, you and your neighbors are benefiting financially from becoming solar power producers, you get to cast of the shackles of guilt that come from burning fossil

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/10/germany-solar-subsidies-poll/feed/ 80 Germany Sets New PV Installation Record In 2012 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/05/germany-sets-new-pv-installation-record-in-2012/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/05/germany-sets-new-pv-installation-record-in-2012/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:57:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48035 The Federal Network Agency of Germany (Bundesnetzagentur) on January 31 released its latest photovoltaic solar (PV) installation count, as well as the latest feed-in tariff (FiT) reduction figures. Despite the fact that only 330 MW of solar power plants were commissioned in December 2012, a new installation record was set that year — a whopping 7.6

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/05/germany-sets-new-pv-installation-record-in-2012/feed/ 1 Solar News: Solar At 11 Euro Cents In Germany, Solar Benefits Residents, Polish Feed-In Tariff Reviewed… http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/solar-news-solar-at-11-euro-cents-in-germany-solar-benefits-residents-polish-feed-in-tariff-reviewed/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/solar-news-solar-at-11-euro-cents-in-germany-solar-benefits-residents-polish-feed-in-tariff-reviewed/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:16:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48021 If you’re solar obsessed, beyond our own solar power stories from the past week or so, you may also want to check out some of these pieces: Germany Altmaier Paper on Renewable (1): No Need for Cost Reduction Altmaier Paper on Renewable (2): Irresponsible Undermining of Trust in Germany Altmaier Paper on Renewable (3): Reducing

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/solar-news-solar-at-11-euro-cents-in-germany-solar-benefits-residents-polish-feed-in-tariff-reviewed/feed/ 0 Speeches of Hermann Scheer Series, Speech 1: “Lipservice, Excuses, And The Lack of Courage” http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/speeches-of-hermann-scheer-part-1-lipservice-excuses-and-the-lack-of-courage/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/speeches-of-hermann-scheer-part-1-lipservice-excuses-and-the-lack-of-courage/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:58:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47662 Last week, President Obama took a few moments during his inauguration speech to address climate change and the need for the US to show leadership in the transition to clean energy. Since the President made some refreshingly clear statements about the most important issues of our time, I am happy that they got alot of attention

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/28/speeches-of-hermann-scheer-part-1-lipservice-excuses-and-the-lack-of-courage/feed/ 4 Feed-In Tariffs 101 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/23/feed-in-tariffs-101/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/23/feed-in-tariffs-101/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:09:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46490   One of our readers, a top clean energy analyst/expert, dropped an excellent little document about feed-in tariffs into the comments of one of our posts the other day — Feed-in Tariffs: The Proven Road Not Taken… Why Not?. For anyone not that familiar with feed-in tariffs, this is the document to get caught up

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/23/feed-in-tariffs-101/feed/ 4 Germany Raises Renewables Contribution Charge http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/15/germany-raises-renewables-contribution-charge/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/15/germany-raises-renewables-contribution-charge/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:59:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=44010   Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced Monday the intention to raise the renewable contribution charge for 2013 by 47 percent from 3.59 cents per kilowatt-hour to 5.28 cents per kilowatt-hour. “There will be a marked rise in the renewables contribution charge for the coming year, after it was virtually unchanged this year over 2011,” said Jochen

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/15/germany-raises-renewables-contribution-charge/feed/ 0 Intro & Closer Look at German Solar Power Revolution http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/01/intro-closer-look-at-german-solar-power-revolution/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/01/intro-closer-look-at-german-solar-power-revolution/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:00:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40622   Somebody recently dropped me a note about the YouTube video series “Fully Charged” — a series on electric vehicles and clean energy. Here’s one fun video from the series, covering Germany’s solar energy transformation. It’s a fun, highly-recommended video

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/01/intro-closer-look-at-german-solar-power-revolution/feed/ 1 Japan vs Gertalia — A Solar Country Comparison http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/22/japan-vs-gertalia-a-solar-country-comparison/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/22/japan-vs-gertalia-a-solar-country-comparison/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:42:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39122 This short post will compare two countries to showcase what is possible with solar energy technology. The two countries in question are Japan and the fictitious nation of “Gertalia.” Japan is of course a pioneer in solar technology. Perhaps the country will even become a rising star of solar energy once again after the Japanese

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/22/japan-vs-gertalia-a-solar-country-comparison/feed/ 9 Clean Links (Solar, Wind, Wave, Clean Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy Policy, & Cleantech Innovation Link Party) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/28/clean-links-solar-wind-wave-clean-transportation-energy-efficiency-clean-energy-policy-cleantech-innovation-link-party/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/28/clean-links-solar-wind-wave-clean-transportation-energy-efficiency-clean-energy-policy-cleantech-innovation-link-party/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:05:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=35249   Other than our own stories on these topics and more, here’s some top clean energy news from around the internet from the past several days. News on solar energy, wind energy, clean transportation, clean energy policy, wave energy, energy efficiency, and cleantech innovation. Solar Energy Average prices for crystalline-silicon solar photovoltaic (c-Si PV) modules have

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