Europe

German utility Enercity buys 30% of solar start-up Installion
German electric utility Enercity AG is obtaining a 30% stake in Cologne-based photovoltaics start-up Installion GmbH to boost its capabilities in the solar industry.
Feb 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Enercity
Matrix, Energia Aljaval to co-develop 300 MW of solar in Italy
Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables, backed by property supervisor TPG, has actually become part of a partnership with Spanish renewable energy company Energia Aljaval to co-develop a minimum of 300 MW of solar plants in Italy.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Matrix, Energia Aljaval
Harmony Energy gains lease for 100MW Creyke Beck energy storage project
Battery energy storage developer Harmony Energy has secured a lease for its Creyke Beck project.
Feb 10, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Harmony Energy
Fraunhofer Institute produces efficient solar cell 'recycling' process
The organization claims that in the first trial, the solar cell conversion performance was 19.7%. Currently it is feasible to recycle all crystalline silicon PV modules, regardless of just how they were manufactured and what's their beginning
Feb 10, 2022 // Technology, Germany, India, PV, Fraunhofer, Europe, Asia, solar cell, recycling, PV cells, Dold
INTEC, Chint to build 328MWp solar portfolio in Denmark
Engineering, procurement and also construction (EPC) specialist INTEC Energy Solutions is partnering with PV project developer Chint Solar to construct a 328MWp solar portfolio in Denmark.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Europe, Denmark, Chint Solar, begreen, intec
SUSI Partners launches 500MW Italian PV growth platform, sees Italy as essential growth market
Swiss fund supervisor SUSI Partners, through its Energy Transition Fund (SETF), has introduced a solar PV growth platform in Italy that intends to deploy 500MW of utility-scale solar PV after recognizing Italy as a vital growth market.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, SUSI Partners, energy transition fund
X-Elio begins building 17.4-MW solar farm in Spain
Spain-based solar power designer X-Elio on Tuesday launched the building and construction of its 17.4-MW solar PV project around Murcia, southeastern Spain.
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, x-elio, solar farm
Powering up PERC-perovskite tandem cells
Perovskite-silicon tandem cells offer among the surest pathways to a lot higher solar performances, one that has actually moved close to commercialization in the past couple of years. Much of the work reaching this stage has normally focused on developing a sensible perovskite top cell.
Feb 9, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, Perovskite-silicon tandem cells, PERC-perovskite
Brookfield strikes 985MW UK storage space offer
Agreement with Cambridge Power to establish battery sites across the nation
Feb 9, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Brookfield, Richard Stanton, Cambridge Power
Iberdrola begins 86MW Portuguese PV build
Two of the 4 solar plants south of Lisbon boast bifacial modern technology
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
German solar start-up Sunvigo elevates EUR 15m
German solar start-up Sunvigo GmbH has actually increased EUR 15 million (USD 17.1 m) in a funding round backed by renewable energy financiers Eneco and also Sparta Capital.
Feb 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Sunvigo GmbH
Alpiq intends to develop Switzerland's biggest solar plant in the Alps
Energie Electrique du Simplon (EES), a subsidiary of Swiss electricity producer Alpiq, is planning to build an 18-MW solar park in the Swiss Alps to make use of strong solar radiation at high elevations throughout the year.
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, Europe, Switzerland, PV Power Plant, Alps, Alpiq
EIB providing car loans to speed up release of 430MW of renewables in Spain as well as Portugal
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will certainly support the addition of 430MW of solar PV as well as wind in Spain and also Portugal with a EUR100 million (US$ 114 million) financing offer.
Feb 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Europe, european investment bank, eib, loan
Balance Power gains thumbs up for 50MW UK battery
Building of the project found at Upton Lane in Hampshire will begin later this year
Feb 8, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Balance Power, Phil Thompson
Spain's Catalonia targets 7GW of solar by 2030 as part of new energy roadmap
The Spanish area of Catalonia will certainly require to have at least 7GW of solar PV set up by 2030 to put it on track for attaining a decarbonised power system and also energy self-reliance by mid-century.
Feb 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, rooftop solar, decarbonisation, self-consumption, deployment target, catalonia