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Germany Reached Nearly 75% Renewable Power Use On Sunday

En route to its 2050 Energiewende goal of 80% of the nation’s power being supplied by renewables, especially spurred on by the phaseout of nuclear reactors, Germany broke another renewable energy record on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Europe’s biggest clean-energy market reached almost 75% renewable power market share noon on that day. As the Disruptive Renewables chart

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By Sandy Dechert | May 15, 2014 | Media, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy |
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Switzerland Will Allow Personal Solar PV System Consumption Starting April 1st

The Swiss government will — as of April 1st — begin allowing residential PV system owners to consume the electricity that they generate with their solar panels. As it stands currently, PV systems must, by law, feed 100% of the electricity that they generate directly into the Swiss electricity grid. This system will now soon

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By James Ayre | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |
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