Sole Vento Alberi - Presa Diretta 07-03-10 on RAI Tre

Renewable Energy on italian TV, seen Sunday 07th of March 2010, 21.30 on
RAI TRE "Presa Diretta"(rai.tv click here), Title "Sole Vento Alberi" by Riccardo Iacona:



part1; part2; part3; part4; part5; part6; part7; part8; part9.

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Germany — unchallenged european market leader in the field of solar energy

In 2008 only in Germany photovoltaic plants with a total capacity of 1650 MWp were newly installed. The addition of a nationwide solar year roughly corresponds to the performance of two conventional coal-fired power plants and overall, through the use of photovoltaic installations, by 2008 Germany was able to save 8,530,671 tons of CO2.

Given these figures, and a business turnover of 9.5 billion euros, the year 2008 marked the most successful year of German Photovoltaic industry. Besides its strong domestic market, Germany also benefits from a strong export economy and growing global markets for alternative Energy.

TERNA to invest in photvoltaics

Italian high-voltage grid operator TERNA S.p.A. plans to develop and construct small sized photovoltaic plants, in the areas of the substations owned by Terna, that are currently free and available. For this purpose the company has founded a subsidiary named Sungrid S.p.A. (“Sungrid”), to undertake building and management activity. According to "pienosole.it" the sum of all these small sized solar PV installations could equal a cumulative capacity of 100 MW. The company has announced in a press release, that a European tender will shortly be published for the selection of suppliers. The company structure, that could eventually be sold to third parties, meets both the operating and economic unbundling requirements from the parent company, and is compliant with TERNA S.p.A’s concession and By-laws, as well as with the terms envisaged by Legislative Decree 79/99 (known as the “Bersani Decree”). Also, in order to improve the management of dispatching activity from non programmable renewable sources, and in agreement with the Authority, Terna has initiated a study to identify the opportunity for developing pumping basins and for technologies for energy accumulation in central and southern Italy.

What costs the sun? | Was kostet die Sonne?

Deutschland zählt im Bereich der Solartechnik zur Weltspitze, es sind Tausende neue Jobs entstanden und deutsche Wissenschaftler machen mit ständig neuen Weltrekorden bei den Wirkungsgraden von sich reden. Stehen wir vor dem Durchbruch in eine solare Zukunft?

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How It's Made — photovoltaic cells and solar modules

Discovery channel "How it's made"

24Hours Q-Cells corporate video

The programme with the mouse — How does photovoltaics work?

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