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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10070

4 February 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
More wind power capacity installed in 2009 than any other power electricity-generating technology

Brussels, 03/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - According to statistics published on 3 February by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), more new wind power capacity was installed in the EU in 2009 than any other electricity-generating technology for the second year running. Of all new capacity installed in 2009, 39% was wind power, followed by gas (26%) and solar photovoltaics (16%). Europe decommissioned more coal and nuclear capacity than it installed in 2009. Taken together, renewable...

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