Europe

Fluence to provide 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery for German solar park
Fluence Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FLNC) said on Tuesday it will provide a 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery energy storage space system to German decentralised energy company Muench Energie to be collocated with a 34-MW solar park in Merseburg, eastern Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Europe, Fluence, Solar Park
EC nods to Italy's EUR-1.2 bn solar support scheme in agriculture
The European Commission (EC) recently provided its nod to a EUR-1.2-billion (USD 1.21 bn) support plan backing the installation of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) capability across Italy's agricultural field.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, EC
Statkraft to buy power from 30-MW solar park in Germany
Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft AS has inked an offer to procure the electricity from a 30-MW solar farm in Germany that is being developed by project designer Sunovis GmbH.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Park
Photon Energy begins on 2nd solar plant in Romania
Solar energy and also clean water remedies group Photon Energy said on Wednesday it has begun the building of its second solar power plant in Romania, with a capacity of 4.7 MWp, as part of strategies to develop 32MWp solar projects in the country by the end of the year.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, photon energy, Romania, PV Power Plant
Lifecycle research study of perovskites discovers lower environmental effect than silicon modules
Perovskite-on-silicon PV modules are much more ecologically helpful than conventional silicon heterojunction (HJT) modules over a 25-year lifetime, according to a research study from researchers in Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, oxford pv, perovskite, perovskite cells, HJT, tandem cell
EDP to obtain Polish distributed solar company Zielona-Energia
Portuguese electrical energy manufacturer EDP - Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP) revealed today that it will acquire Polish dispersed generation (DG) solar company Zielona-Energia. com.
Jul 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, EDP, Europe, Vera Pinto Pereira
Netherlands grid operators making use of batteries to soothe bottlenecks
Grid operators in the Netherlands are trialling the capacity of large battery storage to soothe bottlenecks in the grid.
Jul 12, 2022 // Storage, Grids, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Netherlands, investment, colocation, renewables integration
Enviria, Q Energy go into 500MW German PV offer
Partners will co-develop a portfolio of greater than 30 projects anticipate to get to ready-to-build in between 2023 as well as 2025
Jul 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, solar projects, Enviria, Q Energy
Iberdrola, PepsiCo ink Iberian solar PPA
590MW Francisco Pizarro PV plant will supply electricity for 11 sites in Spain as well as Portugal
Jul 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, Pepsico
BP partners with thyssenkrupp to supply solar, green hydrogen for steel manufacturing
Energy significant bp has signed a memorandum of comprehending with German empire thyssenkrupp concentrated on the supply of low-carbon hydrogen as well as renewable power in steel manufacturing.
Jul 12, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, PPA, Europe, green hydrogen, decarbonisation, Thyssenkrupp
New residential battery from the Netherlands
Dutch start-up Charged has actually established a lithium-ion battery with a storage capacity of 5 kWh. It can be stacked in a six-unit configuration to get to 30 kWh. It gauges 400 mm x 500 mm x 200 mm and also considers 45 kg.
Jul 11, 2022 // Residential, Storage, Europe, Netherlands, Roeland Nagel
All-perovskite tandem solar panel with 19.1% efficiency
German scientists have created a two-terminal, all-perovskite solar panel with laser scribing as well as module interconnections. It has a fill factor of 75%.
Jul 11, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, KIT, efficiency
Pacifico Renewables markets 7.5-MW Czech solar portfolio to get in UK
German renewable energy manufacturer Pacifico Renewables Yield AG (ETR: PRY) on Monday claimed it has consented to market its Czech portfolio of 4 solar systems with an incorporated capacity of 7.5 MW to be able to enter the UK solar and also battery storage market.
Jul 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Pacifico Renewables, Christoph Strasser
Endesa currently constructing over 1.1 GW of wind, solar in Spain
Spanish electric utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE) stated that it is presently building 27 renewable energy projects in Spain to include over 1,130 MW of new capacity.
Jul 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Endesa
German duo advancement 300MW PV park
EP New Energies and LEAG are establishing the Huhnerwasser as well as Wolkenberg project
Jul 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant