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RWE Wins 68 MW in Italy’s FER-X Auction
RWE secures 68 MW of wind and solar in Italy’s first FER-X tender, strengthening its position as the country accelerates renewable energy expansion toward 2030.
Dec 8, 2025 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Italy, Europe, rwe, wind, Renewable Energy, FER-X auction
D.Trading Seals 110MW Romanian Wind, Solar Offtake
D.Trading inks two-year, 110 MW Romania off‑take with Eurowind, bundling wind and solar as it scales Central-SE Europe presence with flexible PPAs, hedging, balancing and one‑window energy marketing.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, D.Trading
Rivington Wins Permit for Hartlepool Solar-Storage Farm
Rivington Energy wins appeal for Whelly Hill Farm solar-plus-storage, overturning council rejection and unlocking 41 MWp solar with 64 MWh storage in Hartlepool.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, UK, Europe, Rivington Energy
Earthrise Secures $360 Million for 1.7GW Solar Push
Earthrise Energy lands $360M from Santander and MUFG to refinance gas assets and fast-track a 1.7‑GW U.S. solar pipeline, with co-located PV and a 270‑MW Illinois project.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Earthrise
Chint Buys 50-MW Oxfordshire Solar-Storage from Ethical Power
Ethical Power offloads 49.9‑MW Burcot Energy Park to Chint Solar, advancing a 2027 solar-plus-storage project with 80,000 panels, sheep grazing, and power for 18,000 homes—spotlighting investor appetite for renewables.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Chint, Ethical Power
Milvio sells 81.8-MWp German PV project to Saxovent Renewables
Milvio Energy agreed to sell an 81.8-MWp, subsidy-backed solar project in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Saxovent, recycling capital into earlier-stage development.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, project acquisition, Saxovent, Milvio Energy, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Vattenfall approved to build 254-MW/700-MWh battery at former nuclear site
Vattenfall will deploy a 254-MW/700-MWh battery at the decommissioned Brunsbüttel nuclear plant in northern Germany, adding critical flexibility to a wind-rich grid.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, grid flexibility, Brunsbüttel
CCE Holding starts commercial operations at 42-MWp Italian solar project
Austria’s CCE Holding has commissioned a 42.08-MWp PV plant in Montalto di Castro, central Italy, adding reliable daytime capacity with lender-friendly design.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Italy, Europe, utility solar, CCE Holding, commissioning, Montalto di Castro
Alight inaugurates 215-MWp Lidso solar park on Denmark’s Lolland island
Alight has opened the 215-MWp Lidso solar park on Lolland, Denmark—one of the country’s largest PV sites, designed for grid-friendly, year-round output.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Europe, Denmark, Alight, grid integration, Lolland
GB Energy targets fifteen gigawatts of clean power by 2030
The UK’s new state-owned GB Energy wants to help deliver 15 GW of clean capacity by 2030, mobilising billions in private capital.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, United Kingdom, Europe, investment, grid upgrades, GB Energy
Vietnam outlines national roadmap to deploy battery storage at scale
Vietnam’s leaders sketched a stronger strategy for battery storage to integrate fast-growing wind and solar while improving reliability.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Policy, Asia, Vietnam, renewables, grid flexibility
Fortescue installs first BYD battery to decarbonise Pilbara operations network
Fortescue has deployed a large BYD battery system in Western Australia’s Pilbara, cutting diesel use and enabling more renewable integration.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, BESS, mining, BYD, decarbonisation
Japan pilots vertical parking-lot solar with on-site PPA model rollout
AirWater and partners installed a 178-kW vertical PV array in Tottori, using an on-site PPA to unlock urban space and resist snow loads.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, vertical solar, Innovation, on-site PPA, urban infrastructure
Lodestone Energizes Coromandel’s First Utility-Scale Solar
Lodestone Energy’s Coromandel utility-scale solar farm powers NZ’s grid by day, cutting prices; biodiversity-friendly, low-glare design, future battery and SCADA-led uptime boost resilience and local jobs.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, New Zealand, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Oceania, Lodestone Energy, grid integration, commissioning
Renova Funds 1,300-Site Distributed Solar in Japan
Renova secures multi‑billion‑yen backing to roll out 1,300-site urban solar, blending PPAs and merchant sales, unified SCADA, shared O&M—and future batteries—for resilient, neighborhood-scale clean power.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, PPAs, Asia, distributed solar, project finance, urban energy