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German solar power installations at record high in 2012

2013-01-05 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: New solar power installations in Germany hit a record high last year but tapered off in the fourth quarter as subsidies were cut to curb costs to consumers, Environment Ministry data showed on Saturday. Capacity grew by more than 7.6 gigawatt (GW), breaking the previous records of 7.5 GW in 2011 and 7.4 GW in 2010, and far above the 2.5 to 3.5 GW Berlin would like to see each year. The solar boom has been encouraged by generous feed-in tariffs, which are guaranteed to generators for 20 years...

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