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Greentech News for the Week Ending 28 April 2013

Posted on the 14 May 2013 by Greentech

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The UK government has confirmed it’s support for renewable heat technologies.  The climate minister Greg Barker confirmed an upcoming changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme will increase tariffs for some technologies.

Struggling Chinese solar manufacturer LDK Solar issued $25m of new shares to Fulai Investments Ltd. This is the third time in six months that the solar manufacturer with $2.8 billion of debt has issued new shares to an investor.

Data from the Solar Foundation  revealed that there are now more solar energy workers in the US than there are coal miners. As of 2012 there were 119,000 solar workers, California has the largest solar industry employing 43,000 workers.

Solar Worker

Finally an ad campaign from American billionair Donald Trump’s Scottish golf resort that attacked plans for a windfarm has been banned on the grounds that it was misleading.


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