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November 20, 2012

Romania to produce more solar than nuclear power in 2016
Bucharest (AFP) Nov 19, 2012
Solar power will eclipse nuclear energy in 2016 in Romania if investment in photovoltaic plants continues at the current pace, official figures released on Monday showed. "We expect the installed capacity of solar plants to reach 50 to 100 MW at the end of 2012, 500 to 1,000 MW at the end of 2013 and to top 1,500 MW in 2016," an official of the national energy regulator (ANRE), Zoltan Nagy, told a solar power conference. The two reactors of Romania's sole nuclear power plant in Cernavoda produce ... read more

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