Merkel: Climate, energy are priorities January 24, 2007.
“Germany’s chancellor urged the world to exploit the positive aspects of globalization on Wednesday and told international political and business leaders that battling climate change and securing energy supplies had to be among the planet’s key priorities.”

Strong Growth In German Use Of Renewable Energy January 4, 2007.
“The biggest increase was in the use of solar energy (30 per cent), followed by bio energy (20 per cent) and wind power (10 per cent), the BEE said. The energy supply derived from infinitely available sources grew to more than 200 billion kilowatt hours, enough to meet the electricity, heat and fuel needs of more than 10 million households.”

Despite the devastating bomb attacks in Madrid on March 11, Spain’s Council of Ministers met the next day - their last assembly before the March 14 election brought the opposition Socialists to power - and approved a Royal Decree which has resolved all the problems with the country’s flawed PV feed-in tariff (see PI 3/2004, p. 20).

Joint Declaration on the Cooperation between Spain and Germany in the Field of Renewable Energies October 6, 2005
Germany and Spain signed a Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of Renewable Energies. This puts the cooperation already under way on a legal footing. Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin noted: “Both countries are particularly successful in the international arena when it comes to the increased use of renewable energies in the electricity sector. This has only been possible because Germany and Spain provided appropriate framework conditions for this course of action.”
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Feed-in systems in Germany and Spain and a comparison (English).

Farmers and Bank of Spain Governor Jaime Caruana thinking long-term. November 25, 2005.

Spain: New Plan for Renewable Energy by Jose Gil and Hugo Lucas. November 11, 2005.

Spain to fund Mindanao solar power project Nov. 21, 2003.
“THE SPANISH government will invest 3.37 billion pesos in a solar electrification project that will light up 40 remote communities in Mindanao, Agrarian Reform Secretary Roberto Pagdanganan said.
The Spanish government’s Solar Power Technology Support (Spots) project is expected to benefit directly 20,000 farmers in 15 provinces in Mindanao, he said.”

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