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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-01-30
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[01] Greece 4th in Europe in 2012 in photovoltaic potential
[02] Greek budget spending down €1.1 billion in 2012
[01] Greece 4th in Europe in 2012 in photovoltaic potential
AMNA -- Greece occupies the fourth position in Europe and the seventh
internationally regarding the new established photovoltaic potential
in 2012, according to statistical data publicised by the Federation of
Photovoltaic Companies.
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: More specifically, 912 new
photovoltaic megawatt (MW) were established in 2012 or correspondingly
88 percent of all the new renewable energy sources potential added in the
past year.font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; amna
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: The photovoltaics covered
over 3 percent of the country's needs in electric power, producing 1.7
billion kilowatts (1.7 TWh) or otherwise 30 percent of the entire green
energy in 2012. Thanks to the photovoltaics, in 2012 the emission of
1.12 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere was avoided.
[02] Greek budget spending down €1.1 billion in 2012
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; AMNA -- Greek budget spending totaled 67.6 billion
euros in the January-December 2012 period, down 1.1 billion euros from
an revised budget target (68.7 billion) and 9.1 billion euros lower
compared with 2011 (76.7 billion euros, the finance ministry said in a
report published on Wednesday.
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-fareast-language: Primary spending, fell to
47.1 billion euros (down 449 million from a revised target of 47.6
billion euros) and down 4.5 billion euros from 2011 (51.6 billion
euros).font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman"; amna
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EL; The central government's
unpaid debt obligations totaled 670.1 million euros at the end of 2012,
down 266.9 million euros from a year earlier (937 million euros at the
end of 2011).
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