Italy Takes Second Place for Total Installed Solar PV
19 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in energy and environment Tags: energy, Italy, Japan, Paul Gipe, photovoltaic, PV installation, solar, solar PV capacity, Spain
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This summer, according to Paul Gipe’s newsletter from Wind-Works.org, Italy surpassed Spain and Japan to become the second place country in the competition for installed PV capacity.
Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) shows that as of July, Italy has almost a quarter of a million systems producing over 7000 MW.
For more information, check out Paul Gipe’s article at his excellent website about all things related to renewable energy: ‘Italy Passes 7,000 MW of Total Installed Solar PV’.
‘Italy Surpasses USA in Solar PV’ | Paul Gipe
16 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in energy and environment Tags: current events, energy, energy market, energy politics, feed-in tariffs, landscape heritage, photovoltaic, solar energy, solar PV capacity, wind energy
I just received the following article in my email update from Paul Gipe, an American wind energy expert. Today’s subject hit pretty close to home. We were a bit surprised to hear this news, however, seeing as how the Sovrintendenza ai Bene Paesaggistici in Bologna still does not allow PV panels on roofs of residential designs that fall in certain landscape heritage zones. They do, however, allow PV panels on the roofs of commercial and industrial projects in the same zones. read
