Europe

UK designer unveils 100MW Greek PV project
Cero Generation is to develop the Delfini solar farm in Prosotsani Drama
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, UK, Europe, solar farm
Spain slaps windfall tax obligation on power companies
Spain will introduce a windfall tax on power firms and banks from following year to fund steps designed to assist Spaniards handle soaring inflation.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, policy, legislation, utility, energy crisis, inflation, Windfall tax
European PPAs 'remain attractive' despite 47% year-over-year boost
European power purchase agreement (PPA) prices have actually risen by a "staggering" 47% year-on-year as the continent's energy crisis lingers with skyrocketing rising cost of living, LevelTen Energy has said.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Italy, PPA, Poland, Europe, power purchase agreement, LevelTen Energy, energy crisis
Environment-friendly solvent for a 16.7% perovskite solar cell
Researchers in Germany aimed to get rid of making use of harmful solvents in the manufacturing of perovskite solar cells, changing them with a much more environmentally worldly called dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) which has so far shown difficult to integrate right into processes appropriate for large-scale production.
Jul 14, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, Jan-Philipp Becker
Germany's Getec to provide 75 GWh of solar power to Union Investment
German investment firm Union Investment Real Estate GmbH will procure a total of 75 GWh of electricity from three solar parks in Lower Saxony to power its fund properties.
Jul 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Getec
UK solar PPA raises 18.4% in Q2 to over ₤ 60/MWh in new European PPA Index
Solar energy acquisition agreements (PPA) in the UK climbed 18.4% throughout Q2 and surpassing ₤ 60/MWh, yet less than the 24% rise of wind rates.
Jul 14, 2022 // Large-Scale, Market Research, UK, PPA, Europe
Two-thirds Of New Renewable Power In 2021 Cheaper Than Cheapest Coal In G20: IRENA
Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021, released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has actually stated that practically two-thirds or 163 gigawatts (GW) of recently set up renewable power in 2021 was more affordable than the globe's cheapest power plants, the resource of which was coal, in the G20 countries.
Jul 14, 2022 // Market Research, Ukraine, Europe, IRENA, net-zero, paris agreement, fossil fuel, Carbon credit, Coal and Natural gas, Cost of Renewable, G20, Macroeconomic damage
Ignitis secures connection for 252MW Lithuania PV
Project in Jonava region is due to go into operation in 2025
Jul 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Lithuania, Solar Project, IGNITIS
Spain slaps windfall tax on power companies
Spain will present a windfall tax on power companies as well as financial institutions from next year to fund measures made to assist Spaniards manage rising inflation.
Jul 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, legislation, utility, energy crisis, inflation, Windfall tax
REC Solar wins EU grant to build 2GW HJT plant in France
Module maker REC Solar has actually been chosen by the European Union to obtain a give to support a 2GW heterojunction (HJT) solar factory in France.
Jul 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, heterojunction, REC Group, REC Solar, European Union, module manufacturing, HJT, european manufacturing, Innovation Fund
Norwegian oil and also gas major Equinor buys United States battery storage developer East Point Energy
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor will certainly get East Point Energy, a US-based programmer of grid-scale battery energy storage projects.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Virginia, Europe, North America, Norway, Equinor
Fluence to provide 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery for German solar park
Fluence Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FLNC) said on Tuesday it will provide a 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery energy storage space system to German decentralised energy company Muench Energie to be collocated with a 34-MW solar park in Merseburg, eastern Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Europe, Fluence, Solar Park
EC nods to Italy's EUR-1.2 bn solar support scheme in agriculture
The European Commission (EC) recently provided its nod to a EUR-1.2-billion (USD 1.21 bn) support plan backing the installation of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) capability across Italy's agricultural field.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, EC
Statkraft to buy power from 30-MW solar park in Germany
Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft AS has inked an offer to procure the electricity from a 30-MW solar farm in Germany that is being developed by project designer Sunovis GmbH.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Park
Photon Energy begins on 2nd solar plant in Romania
Solar energy and also clean water remedies group Photon Energy said on Wednesday it has begun the building of its second solar power plant in Romania, with a capacity of 4.7 MWp, as part of strategies to develop 32MWp solar projects in the country by the end of the year.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, photon energy, Romania, PV Power Plant