
jordan
10 The Hashemite Kingdom is campaigning hard for renewable
energy, but PV projects have yet to materialize
usa
12 Obama administration boosts federal solar R&D budget
americas news
16 • Argentina’s 1,000 MW renewables bid light on solar
• CPUC proposes boosting Edison PV program to 500 MW
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17 • Solar requests on US federal land soar to 97 GW
china
18 News scarce on response to China’s first attempt at subsidizing
a large-scale domestic PV market
japan
22 PHOTON International surveys Japan’s PV companies
belgium
34 Belgian regions growing at high rate
italy
36 Italian solar summit’s organizers ignored calls for lower feed-in
tariffs by international visitors
germany
40 The German Liberal Party finally embraces the EEG
germany
42 Germany’s Federal Network Agency collects data on all newly
installed systems: but no one can access it
sweden
44 Second Swedish PV subsidy program starts in June
uk
46 Current subsidy PV program re-funded
europe
50 Predictions on renewables often too pessimistic
greece
52 Greece offers unbelievably high feed-in tariffs for rooftop PV
news
54 Megawatt systems in Europe
56 France may fix problems with intermediate PV feed-in tariff
57 Turkish feed-in tariff for big PV could be in place by September
another perspective
244 Andy Klump: Gigawatts for China – soon
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