Europe

Austria's Verbund bags renewable portfolio in Spain
The deal belongs to Verbund's strategy to generate 20-25 per cent of its electrical energy from photovoltaic or pv resources and offshore wind farms.
May 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Q-Energy, Austria, verbund
Ukraine conflict dents Scatec's opening quarter earnings
Russia's invasion of Ukraine was blamed for a collapse in Q1 earnings recorded by independent power manufacturer (IPP) Scatec.
May 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec, Ukraine, Europe, financial results, Asia, BESS, Philippines, green hydrogen, green ammonia, development pipeline
Photon Energy powers up 1.4-MWp merchant PV plant in Hungary
Amsterdam-based solar programmer Photon Energy NV (WSE: PEN) claimed on Friday it has actually brought online a 1.4-MWp solar plant in Hungary, increasing its portfolio of proprietary solar farms in the nation to 51.8 MWp.
May 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Hungary, Europe, photon energy, PV Power Plant
NextEnergy Solar co-invests in 210-MW solar project in Portugal
NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd (LON: NESF), the detailed investment firm handled by NextEnergy Capital Group, on Monday said it has inked its 2nd co-investment offer abroad for a 13% stake in a 210-MW solar project in Portugal.
May 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Solar Project, NextEnergy
Ingeteam providing 70MW/340MWh BESS in Italy
Energy conversion equipment specialist Ingeteam will supply a 70MW/340MWh battery energy storage space system (BESS) in northern Italy for a 2023 delivery date.
May 9, 2022 // Storage, Italy, Inverters, Europe, Ingeteam, renewables integration, long duration, wholesale market
Lightsource BP goes into French market establishing 1GW goal
Headquarters set up in Aix-en-Provence that are headed by Raphael Colas
May 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Lightsource BP, Europe, Raphael Colas
Five EU member specifies urge bloc to get to 1TW of installed solar PV by 2030
The European Union (EU) need to establish greater solar PV release targets as well as speed up the energy shift to phase out its energy dependency on Russia immediately, according to 5 member states of the bloc.
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, rooftop, Europe, Belgium, European Union, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, european commission, energy transition, deployment target, european manufacturing, domestic manufacturing, REPowerEU
EU Countries Call for 1,000 Gigawatts of Solar Energy by 2030
Scale-up of voltaics would amount to current worldwide capacity Spain, Austria among nations to call for rapid rollout
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, Austria, Russia
NatPower offers 22-MWp solar PV portfolio in Italy to Theia
Renewables designer NatPower has offered a 22-MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolio in Italy to Theia Investments for an undisclosed amount.
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, NatPower, Theia
Boosts in power cost forecasts provide boost for Bluefield, Octopus Renewables
Bluefield Solar and Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) have detailed the continued influence of the high power prices seen across Europe in a lingering fad across the sector.
May 6, 2022 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Bluefield, financials, ORIT, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, Nav, Results
AES mounts 31.5 kWp solar PV system at Edinburgh Castle
Solar PV has been mounted on the roof covering of the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle by AES Solar as part of a program to reduce energy use on historical buildings.
May 6, 2022 // Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, AES, Edinburgh Castle, George Goudsmit
Matrix safeguards money for 129MW Spanish solar farm
A lasting financing contract has been agreed with Natixis for a project in Almonte
May 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, solar farm, Nicolas Navas, Matrix
Capital Dynamics acquires 18MW Italian PV plant
Shovel-ready Project Cliff growth in Sicily has actually been purchased from Solar Ventures
May 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Capital Dynamics, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Dario Bertagna
BayWa Q1 revenue enhanced by solar module trading 'boom'.
German empire BayWa took advantage of high need for solar modules throughout the very first quarter of 2022, with its revenues reinforced by the sale of an operational PV plant in the US.
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Spain, PPA, Texas, Europe, financial results, North America, baywa r.e., BayWa, company results, project sale, distributors, nestle, solar wholesale, suppliers
Lichtblick seeks to accumulate to 1-GW portfolio of German wind, solar
Germany's Lichtblick SE aims to develop a portfolio of wind and solar plants with a consolidated result of approximately 1 GW in the home market by 2026 as the business is looking for to develop from a green electrical power representative right into a vertically incorporated energy business.
May 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, Lichtblick