 Spain
Surprise announcement as Government does away with FiTs "temporarily"
On Friday, Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree suspending feed-in tariff pre-allocation procedures and removing economic incentives for new power generation capacity involving cogeneration, renewable energy sources and waste. The measure does not affect facilities already in operation, or those already included in the pre-allocation registers, says to the Government. | Europe
Friends of the Supergrid announce details of first conference 
SUPERGRID 2012 - One Europe, One Grid will take place on 21 March in Brussels (Belgium) and will present an integrated set of proposals to deliver Supergrid, described as “the electricity transmission backbone of Europe’s decarbonised power sector”, essential to meeting EU energy policy goals by 2050. | Considerable potential for job creation in renewable energy, says IRENA
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published a new working paper entitled “Renewable Energy Jobs: Status, Prospects & Policies” setting out the potential for creating jobs in the renewable energy sector and providing policymakers with a number of lessons. | Panorama United Kingdom
“Going for growth means going for green,” says UK government A look back at REM this time last year
February 2011’s top ten a mixed picture Renewables M&A hits record highs rising 40% year-on-year Wind Europe
Nearly a quarter of all new power capacity was in wind sector in 2011 Brazil
Brazil’s wind industry buoyant in 2011 NREL, Gamesa to collaborate on nex-gen turbine R&D project United Kingdom
Met Office realises data to help European wind industry Europe
EU offshore wind power market remained stable in 2011 Electric/Hybrid United States
EV charging provider releases real-time map showing point across US Ocean Energy Norwegian firm commits to offshore energy triple United States
New York will be generating tidal power by next year United Kingdom
UK makes a splash with its first marine energy park Agenda Offshore Wind Power USA Mexico WindPower 2012 Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America | 
