Europe

Aquila takes 51% stake in 421MW Italian PV
Deal formalised with Soltec Power Holdings' subsidiary Powertis covers 15 projects
Jan 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Aquila Capital, Pablo Otin, Roman Rosslenbroich
SR Investimenti purchases, re-finances 12-MW Italian solar portfolio
SR Investimenti, backed by Pioneer Point Partners LLP-managed funds, has finished the acquisition and refinancing of a 12-MWp solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) portfolio in Italy.
Jan 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, SR Investimenti, Antonio Urbano
Mercedes-Benz reveals new electric car with solar panels
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the latest design of its electric fleet, Vision EQXX, which will have 117 solar modules on its roofing.
Jan 7, 2022 // Transport, Germany, Europe, Mercedes-Benz
Bulgaria's Yambolen prepares to construct 5.8 mln euro solar park
Bulgarian artificial fiber producer Yambolen [BUL: YAMB] stated it is looking for shareholders' approval to sign a 5.8 million euro ($6.6 million) contract with local PV Consult for the construction of a solar park in the town of Yambol.
Jan 7, 2022 // Plants, Europe, Bulgaria, Solar Park, Yambolen
Fund supervisor purchases 100MW UK battery site
Catalyst Capital anticipates the Skelton project to be operational in the 4th quarter of 2022
Jan 7, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Catalyst Capital, Catalyst Energy Storage Platform, CESP, Kean Hird
Luxcara shuts financing for 171MW German PV
UmweltBank supplying funding to the under-construction Tramm-Gothen project
Jan 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Luxcara, solar farm, Umweltbank, Alexandra von Bernstorff, Goran Basic
Serbia's EPS seeking contractors to construct solar park near Kostolac TPP
State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is looking for contractors for the planned building of a solar park near its Kostolac thermal power plant (TPP), the firm stated.
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Serbia, Solar Park, EPS
ReneSola to market 37 MW of additional Polish solar assets to Obton
ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) has actually lately closed on the sale of 37 MW of solar projects in Poland to Danish investment firm Obton for an undisclosed amount.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, renesola, Yumin Liu, obton
UK trio plan 250MW solar-plus-storage spree
Public Power Solutions, Hive Energy as well as Ethical Power's first project will be a 45MW PV and also battery plant
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, hive energy, Bernie Brannan, Public Power Solutions, PPS, Ethical Power, Stuart Whiteford
BSW requires solar barriers to be 'torn down' if Germany's 200GW by 2030 target is to be reached
Around 5.3 GW of solar was set up in Germany last year, initial analysis by the nation's solar profession organization the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW) has actually shown, with installs set to rocket better in the coming years.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Germany, Europe, SolarPower Europe, bsw, decarbonisation, ampelkoalition
Spain to support distributed PV deployment in upcoming renewables auction
Spain will allocate up to 140MW of dispersed solar PV capacity in the country's following renewables auction, readied to happen this April.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, tender, Europe, auction, distributed solar, Concentrated solar power
Mercedes' newest electrical car features thin-film solar cells on the roofing
The solar roof covering was created in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.
Jan 6, 2022 // Transport, Germany, Europe, Mercedes
Voltalia fires up 32MW UK battery
The Hallen project is located near Bristol in south-west England
Jan 5, 2022 // Storage, UK, Voltalia, Europe, Sebastien Clerc, England
French Infra Major VINCI Completes Acquire of Spanish Energy Firm Cobra IS
Purchase price: EUR4.9 billion, including the obtained unit's cash Cobra IS is the energy division of ACS
Jan 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, France, Europe, ACS, acquisition, Vinci, Cobra IS
Masdar to create Georgia's biggest solar project
Abu Dhabi-based renewables business Masdar has safeguarded an offer to develop a solar project in the nation of Georgia that will have a capacity of as much as 100MW.
Jan 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar, Georgia, Europe, North America, Solar Project