Europe

Solar partnership to cut costs for Denby Pottery
A solar partnership between Ylem Energy as well as Derbyshire-based Denby Pottery will supply renewable resource to cut the costs of powering the firm's procedures.
Aug 15, 2022 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Ylem Energy, Derbyshire-based Denby Potter, Ian Gadsby, Dean Barlow
REA 'deeply concerned' by Truss and also Sunak solar views
Association steps in amid mounting criticism of the technology by UK leadership candidates
Aug 15, 2022 // Policy, UK, Europe, Agriculture, solar farm, REA, LAND, LIZ TRUSSP, RISHI SUNAK
PPC Renewables welcomes bids for 550MW Greek solar project
Utility seeking building and construction specialist for Ptolemaida project, the largest ever before integrated in Greece
Aug 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, PV Power Plant, PPC Renewables
Italian solar project gets to financial close
Sistema Rinnovalbili raises EUR32m for 30MW PV project in Viterbo
Aug 12, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Antonio Urbano, Sistema Rinnovalbili, Pioneer Point Partners
Energiequelle sets foot in Poland to pursue 1 GW of wind, solar
German project developer Energiequelle GmbH has opened a new office in Poznan, Poland, in a move that notes its access into the Polish wind and solar power market where plans are being assessed for over 1 GW of projects.
Aug 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, ENERGIEQUELLE
Endesa X to build 6-MWp self-supply solar farm for PortAventura resort
Spanish energy services solid Endesa X will install a 6.05-MWp solar farm for self-consumption for PortAventura World, a resort as well as a theme park outside of Barcelona.
Aug 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, solar farm, Endesa X
Estonia plans 225MW pumped hydro power storage facility to help disconnect from Russia
State-owned Estonian energy firm Eesti Energia is planning to build a 225MW pumped hydro power storage facility, as part of a larger press to come to be independent of Russian energy.
Aug 11, 2022 // Storage, Europe, Asia, investment, Russia, Estonia, grid stabilising, renewables integration, pumped hydro energy storage
French ground-mounted PV tender awards 339 MW, prices rise
France has awarded 339 MW of new capacity in its most recent PPE2 tender for ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, which asked for 700 MW however wound up undersubscribed as well as saw a boost in the typical proposed price.
Aug 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe
Network Rail and EDF sign UK solar PPA
French utility will make 50MW of power available from its Bloy's Grove PV in Norfolk
Aug 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, EDF, Europe, Matthieu Hue, Network Rail, Jo Lewington, Wendy Morton
Iberdrola commissions 590MW Spanish solar site
Francisco Pizarro project is the programmer's largest facility of this technology worldwide
Aug 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe
France secures 339MW in undersubscribed solar auction
Average strike costs rise as developers look further north in the middle of land constraints
Aug 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, EDF, tender, Europe, auction, TotalEnergies, Q Energy, GENERALE DU SOLARE
Lightrock 'disappointed' over solar preparation refusal
Councillors reject 50MW Scruton project in North Yorkshire
Aug 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Lightrock Power, Chris Sowerbutts
Fluence opening up new agreement making center in Utah to serve United States market
Global battery energy storage space system (BESS) integrator Fluence is setting up a new contract manufacturing center in Utah to serve the US market.
Aug 9, 2022 // Storage, USA, manufacturing, Ireland, Europe, Utah, investment, lithium-ion, North America, Fluence
US hydrogen firm signs Greek MoU
Advent Technologies and DEPA Commercial to collaborate on projects with other 'major industrial partners'
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, Greece, Europe, hydrogen, North America, Konstantinos Xifaras, Vasilis Gregoriou, ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES
French government to increase renewables generation
Proposals consist of wind and solar farms having the ability to sell power 18 months before CfDs says WindEurope
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Pierre Tardieu