{"id":93310,"date":"2018-01-11T21:50:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T20:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=93310"},"modified":"2018-01-06T22:09:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T21:09:37","slug":"solar-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/solar-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Energy in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain is the country with the most hours of sunshine in all of Europe. The country was initially a leader in the world in developing solar power<\/strong>, but the economic crisis of 2008 forced the Spanish government to make heavy cuts in subsidies and cap future increases in capacity at 500\u00a0megawatts per year.\u00a0Between 2013 and 2016, installations stagnated in Spain as many other countries such as China and Germany grew drastically to join the United States in being a leader in solar energy<\/strong> production. But because of Spain’s earlier development, the country still remains ahead in concentrated solar power<\/strong> compared to nations just starting out in the sector, and solar energy<\/strong> makes up a third of the power systems installed in the country, a much higher ratio than in many other countries.<\/p>\n

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