Random energy news | 16 comments (16 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Random energy news (none / 1)

Tableau de bord éolien-photovoltaïque au premier trimestre 2011
Éolien

puissance raccordée : 5874 MW au 31/03/2011 (+1% par rapport au 31/12/2010) pour 906 installations

80 MW nouveaux raccordés au cours du 1er trimestre 2011 (-45% par rapport au 1er trimestre 2010)

3,2 TWh produits au cours du 1er trimestre 2011 en métropole (+15% par rapport au 1er trimestre 2010)

Photovoltaïque

puissance raccordée : 1337 MW au 31/03/2011 (+25% par rapport au 31/12/2010) pour 182 486 installations

267 MW nouveaux raccordés au cours du 1er trimestre 2011 (+162% par rapport au 1er trimestre 2010)

Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 06:19:25 AM EST

Absolutely disastrous (none / 0)

Wind is barely growing at all, off a very low base!

This, because developers

a) have a hell of a time getting permits, due to more stringent regulations, and lack of incentive for local authorities to facilitate them
b) have trouble financing wind parks they already have permits for.

It's almost as if the government were deliberately sabotaging terrestrial wind. Almost no irony intended.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 10:59:08 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Absolutely disastrous (none / 0)

But at least solar is still growing. What is the current incentive system there?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 12:35:04 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Absolutely disastrous (none / 0)

Actually, wind has been doing decently well in France over the past few years, with above a GW installed each year, and the same likely this year. The drop in the first quarter is not significant as such.

Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 12:46:30 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Absolutely disastrous (none / 0)

I add: in every country I saw intra-year data for, wind installations peak in the fourth quarter.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 01:08:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Absolutely disastrous (none / 0)

Q4 loaded installations are something the industry has been trying to avoid, or get a better handle on for two decades. Particularly egregious in the USA-based configuration of reality, not nearly so bad in Yurp.

Although.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 01:32:33 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Absolutely disastrous (none / 0)

The pdf linked from Jérôme's link includes a graph showing the last three years and this year with the quartals in different colours. Apparently, the trend is not so clear there: in 2007 and 2009, Q3 was equally strong; in 2008, Q3 was weak and all the others equally strong (while total annual installations showed a steady moderate increase).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 31st, 2011 at 02:00:52 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Random energy news | 16 comments (16 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

2024 end of year review and the prospects for 2025

More Status Quo please - for now

Bethlehem Lies In Palestine

Full Circle from Baghdad to Damascus

The Really Hard Work Starts Now

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - 2024

The Irish general election draws near

Recent Diaries

Reception Angela Merkel In Amsterdam: Freedom

M.A.D. -- Seconds Before Midnight

Leader of War Terrorists

Assembly: ICC The Hague Under Duress

2024 end of year review and the prospects for 2025

Ukrainian and Al Qaeda Terror Joined in Syria

Bethlehem Lies In Palestine

Full Circle from Baghdad to Damascus

Turks and Sauds to Install Sunni Terror in Damascus, Syria -...

More Back-Stabbing in the New Middle East

#WeAreNATO v Rest of the World

The Really Hard Work Starts Now

US Syrian Quagmire - A Second Life

More Status Quo please - for now

The Arab States Are Faced with Virulent Zionism in Israel

December 2024

Next Step An Integrated, Sovereign Europe

Making the Europe and BreXit Trump Proof ...

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - 2024

Not A Permanent Ceasefire Lebanon-Israel

Occasional Series