Europe

Germany's Rhenish mining area to go greener
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as a team of municipalities as well as energy firms plan to greater than double the capacity for sustainable power generation in the Rhenish lignite mining location to 5 GW by 2028 as well as push the expansion of green power for heating.
Mar 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Germany, Europe, mining
War in Ukraine to 'turbocharge' green hydrogen production in a 'make or break' decade
The war in Ukraine will certainly "turbocharge" the worldwide green hydrogen industry as the price of choices rise by more than 70% as well as Europe seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian gas with a series an economic bundles, according to Rystad Energy.
Mar 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Ukraine, Europe, European Union, green hydrogen, rystad energy, electrolysers, REPowerEU, russian gas
Gore Street eyes storage opportunities outside UK
Investor seeks shareholder approval to spend even more funds into projects in markets consisting of the United States and EU
Mar 22, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gore Street
Lightsource BP taps into AI to optimise solar assets
Envision Digital's platform gives 'data driven insights' to enable automation, effectiveness, value for PV designer
Mar 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, Europe, North America, Nick Boyle, Envision Digital, Michael Ding
Swedish firm raises EUR9.6 M for sustainable cathode material for Na+ batteries
The financing safeguards Altris' manufacturing scale-up of the firm's ingenious battery cathode material, Fennac, to 2,000 tonnes, enabling 1 GWh of sustainable batteries and further research and development of sodium-ion batteries to occur, said the company.
Mar 22, 2022 // Storage, Sweden, Europe, Adam Dahlquist, altris AB, Markus Berglund, Serieas A
Masdar begins building 230-MW solar farm in Azerbaijan
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) revealed that it has released the construction of the 230-MW Garadagh solar farm in Azerbaijan, as well as signed new agreements to promote clean energy projects in the Eurasian country.
Mar 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Masdar, Europe, Azerbaijan, solar farm
Korkia, Recap Energy sign JV for 200MWp solar PV projects in Sweden
Swedish renewable developer Recap Energy and Finnish investment company Korkia have actually signed a joint venture (JV) to create more than 200MWp of ground-mounted solar PV projects in Sweden over the next 4 years.
Mar 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Sweden, Europe, joint venture, ground mount solar pv, korkia, recap energy
Netherlands expands SDE++ budget to US$ 14bn, green hydrogen eligible for the very first time
The Dutch federal government has made a record EUR13 billion (US$ 14.3 billion) offered for its 2022 Sustainable Energy Production and also Climate Transition Incentive Scheme (SDE++) that is now open to green hydrogen projects connected to a wind or solar farm.
Mar 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Europe, Netherlands, green hydrogen, sde+, solar subsidies, carbon capture and storage, government subsidies, sde++
Solar PV capacity grows by 28.8% y/y in Spain in 2021
Spain boosted the amount of installed solar PV capacity by 28.8% year-on-year in 2021 to get to 15,048 MW at the end of December, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE) said on Friday.
Mar 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe
Aventron acquires 4.8-MW battery in Germany
Swiss green power producer Aventron AG announced today it has actually obtained a 4.8-MW/ 5-MWh battery in Germany as part of a method to steadily enhance its available electricity storage volume.
Mar 21, 2022 // Storage, Germany, Europe, aventron
German retailer Netto to spend EUR 100m in solar roofing systems, heat pumps
German retail chain Netto will invest concerning EUR 100 million (USD 110.5 m) to install rooftop solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) systems and heatpump and also replace gas home heating at its stores as well as logistic centres in the residence market in a quote to cut reliance on Russian gas as well as reduce its carbon footprint.
Mar 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Netto
CORE celebrates ₤ 31m community owned solar PV refinancing deal
A ₤ 31 million inflation linked debt refinancing has actually been safeguarded from institutional investment abrdn by Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners (CORE).
Mar 18, 2022 // Large-Scale, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, CORE, Peter Jenkins
UK designer wins consents for 166MW PV and also storage
Renewable Connections' projects consist of 25MW Strathruddie solar farm and 20MW battery development in Fife, Scotland
Mar 18, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, John Leith, Renewable Connections
Acciona completes 8.5 MW Spanish solar develop
The Lloseta PV plant will generate electricity for the Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca project
Mar 18, 2022 // Plants, Spain, Europe, acciona energia
Hungary's Lugos Renewables to control 70% of Bosnia's Trebinje PV plant
Hungary's Lugos Renewables will certainly hold 70% equity rate of interest in the 73 MW Trebinje 1 solar plant project in Bosnia's Serb Republic, regional media reported on Thursday.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, Hungary, Europe, Bosnia, Lugos Renewables, Trebinje PV plant