Europe

Germany’s Home PV Installs Drop 28% Amid Headwinds

Germany’s solar pivot: fewer single-family installs, more C&I and utility-scale, PPAs and storage surge. Self-consumption, balcony solar rise now; 2026 rate relief could spark VPP-fueled residential revival.

Dec 9, 2025 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Germany, Europe, residential solar, policy, BSW-Solar, financing

Engie, NHOA Plug 320-MWh Battery Near Brussels

Engie and NHOA’s 80MW/320MWh Brussels battery tames evening ramps with grid-forming finesse—peaking, arbitraging and stabilizing—urban-safe, bankable and circular, powering Belgium’s wind, solar and cross-border flows.

Dec 9, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, Engie, Europe, Belgium, NHOA, grid flexibility

Dutch IPP Novar to buy 108 MWp portfolio at home

Novar agreed to acquire four Dutch solar projects totaling 108 MWp, expanding its domestic pipeline ahead of 2026 commissioning windows.

Dec 9, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, acquisitions, utility solar, Novar, grid integration

Eurowind Sells 400-MW California Battery Project

Eurowind Energy sells a 400-MW California battery project to redirect capital toward fast-growing European markets and hybrid renewable-storage developments.

Dec 8, 2025 // Storage, California, USA, Battery Storage, Europe, BESS, North America, Eurowind Energy, hybrid projects, asset sale

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

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

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

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

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

Italy Awards 7.7 GW Solar Capacity in Largest-Ever FER X Auction

Italy’s new FER X program allocates 7.7 GW of photovoltaic capacity at competitive tariffs, boosting EU solar momentum.

Dec 3, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, photovoltaics, solar capacity, FER X auction, EU renewables

Rubis Photosol Secures €39m for French Solar Pair

Rubis Photosol locks €39m to build two 46 MW French solar parks, proving disciplined, shovel‑ready PV blocks with bankable offtake still clear lenders amid tight equipment and higher rates.

Dec 2, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, construction, project finance, Rubis Photosol, utility PV

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