Europe

Anesco broadens right into mainland Europe
UK renewables programmer has actually established a Dutch subsidiary headed by Wouter Beerten
Apr 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Anesco, Mark Futyan, Wouter Beerten
Portugal's new government brings forward 80% renewables target to 2026
Portugal will certainly aim to raise the share of renewables in electricity manufacturing to 80% by 2026, four years previously than previously prepared, its brand-new government introduced ahead of the nation's most recent solar public auction.
Apr 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, auction, Floating solar, auctions and tenders, joao galamba
Spain's Grenergy starts up 12.5-MWp solar farm in Colombia
Spanish renewables programmer Grenergy Renovables SL (BME: GRE) on Friday inaugurated its 12.5-MWp Tucanes solar PV farm in Colombia together with the Colombian government representatives.
Apr 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, South america, Europe, Colombia, solar farm, Grenergy
Lidl owner to enhance own solar capacity to 700 MWp
Germany's Schwarz Gruppe, the owner of stores Lidl and also Kaufland, is intending to install some 3,700 solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) systems on and also around its structures by 2025 to improve the variety of its very own PV plants to 5,000 as part of its sustainability strategy.
Apr 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Lidl, Schwarz Gruppe
Lightsource bp completes 5MW solar project for Saputo Dairy in Cornwall
Lightsource bp has actually completed building of a 5MW solar PV project for food manufacturer Saputo Dairy for its Davidstow creamery.
Apr 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe, Solar Project, Zosia Riesner, Tom Atherton
Field bags ₤ 46m in funding to develop 110MW portfolio of battery storage space assets
Battery energy storage space company Field is to build a portfolio of four assets throughout the UK after protecting funding from investment firm Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Company (TEEC).
Apr 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Field, John Roberts, TEEC
EDP expands Polish solar presence with acquisition of installer Soon Energy
EDP is to get Polish distributed solar company Soon Energy, allowing its presence in Poland to grow fivefold, the firm has actually declared, as it targets dispersed generation as a crucial growth location in the country.
Apr 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, EDP, Europe, EDP Renewables, distributed solar, acquisition, distributed generation, soon energy
Voltalia subsidiary Helexia buys struggling French agrisolar installer for US$ 5.5 m.
Voltalia subsidiary Helexia has obtained French agrisolar installer and operations company Cap Sud for EUR5 million (US$ 5.5 million) after the firm was placed in safeguard procedures at the end of 2021.
Apr 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, Voltalia, Europe, agrivoltaics, Helexia, agrisolar, sud cap
Enel indicators grant agreement with EU for 3GW bifacial PV module facility in Italy
Enel Green Power (EGP) has actually signed a grant agreement with the European Commission for a 3GW PV module plant in Catania, Italy, with an R&D commitment to pursue tandem cell manufacturing in the coming years.
Apr 4, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, heterojunction, enel green power, European Union, european commission, module manufacturing, european manufacturing
Alternus Energy completes 24-MW solar buy in Poland
Alternus Energy Group Plc (OSE: ALT) claimed Thursday it has wrapped up its purchase of 11 MW of solar parks in Poland, concluding a bigger, 24-MW purchase.
Apr 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant, Alternus Energy
ReneSola sells 24-MW UK solar project to Innova
Solar project designer ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) has actually finalised the sale of a 24-MWp solar-plus-storage project in the UK with a ready-to-build standing to regional renewables capitalist Innova.
Apr 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, renesola, Solar Project, Innova
Spain issues new laws for floating solar PV plants on public reservoirs
Spain has actually sought to control the installment of floating solar PV on reservoirs in the nation, providing a listing of requirements based mostly on water quality.
Apr 1, 2022 // Policy, Floating PV, Spain, floating PV, Europe, miteco, energy crisis, european floating solar, royal decree
Spain to fast-track solar PV permits in bid to tackle power crisis
Spain is to fast-track solar PV projects with generation abilities of as much as 150MW as part of a collection of actions the country has enacted to help relieve an energy crisis influencing the nation.
Apr 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Europe, power purchase agreement, corporate ppa, energy crisis, european floating solar, project permitting, utilitty-scale solar
Slovakian staff launch PV data analysis platform
Solargis has actually piloted the software with Spanish power firm Iberdrola
Apr 1, 2022 // Software, Europe, Solargis, Slovakia, Marcel Suri, Elena Rodríguez
As Europe Changes Solar Manufacturing, Overcapacity Risks Loom
While the project is aimed at boosting European PV manufacturing capacity, it may result in a worldwide overcapacity, provided the prepare for growth in nations like China, India, and the US.
Apr 1, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Europe, EU, European Solar Manufacturing Council, ESMC, solar module manufacturing