Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Solar Power Explosion in Spain: 3.1 Gigawatts Installed in 2008

by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 01.27.09

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Solar array in Barcelona, Spain. Flickr, CC.

Don't Worry, Not Literally an Explosion
Analysts expected Spain's installed solar power base to grow by about 1 gigawatt in 2008. That missed the mark by quite a bit as "Spain's National Energy Commission (CNE) this week estimated that about 3.1 gigawatts of solar power were connected to the grid from January through November 2008".

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