Europe

OX2 scores wind and solar success at Polish auction
The winning bids have a complete capacity of 148MW
Dec 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, solar projects, OX2, wind farms, Paul Stormoen
Elkem provided US$ 1.8 m grant to pursue carbon-free silicon manufacturing, aims to license to other suppliers
Elkem has been offered NOK16 million (US$ 1.78 million) from the Research Council of Norway to establish a silicon manufacturing procedure that gets rid of all straight CO2 emissions associated with its manufacturing.
Dec 22, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Europe, silicon, Norway, Elkem, research and development
GIG gets to monetary close on 40MW UK battery
EDF will supply route to market under a long-lasting contract for the energy storage system in Essex
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, macquarie, Green Investment Group, GIG
TotalEnergies commissions 61MW French battery
Energy storage system in Flandres will provide rapid reserve grid stabilisation solutions
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, Europe, TotalEnergies, Vincent Stoquart
Wartsila to supply 25MW Dutch battery
The Finnish business will deliver the energy storage system for GIGA Storage's Buffalo project in Lelystad
Dec 21, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Netherlands, Wartsila, Giga Storage, Maarten Quist, Pekka Tolonen
Gore Street storage fund value tops ₤ 285m.
Portfolio stood at 516.5 MW as of 30 September, up from 440MW at the end of March.
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Alex O'Cinneide, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
Kobus buys 250MW Spanish solar
Handle Esparity is for three projects in Navarra and Alicante
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, solar PV projects, Kobus, Esparity Solar
ČEZ Group division Elevion targets European solar growth following Belectric bargain
Elevion, the renewables arm of Czech conglomerate ČEZ Group, is targeting growth within Europe's PV market after closing the acquisition of Belectric's European assets.
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, rwe, Belectric, Elevion, ČEZ Group
Magnora raises stake in Swedish solar perovskite startup Evolar
Renewables investor Magnora has actually increased its ownership in Swedish solar cell modern technology business Evolar from 40.7% to 50%.
Dec 21, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, perovskite, investment, thin film, Tandem cells, evolar, magnora
Perovskite solar cell with ultra-long stability
Perovskites are the excellent hope for additional increasing the performance of solar modules in the future. Until now, their short life span has actually been thought about the greatest obstacle to their useful use, but this might soon change. In the existing problem of the journal Nature Energy, scientists from the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg of the Forschungszentrum Jülich have offered a variant that stands out for its special stability In examinations at elevated temperature level and also lighting over 1450 hrs of operation, the perovskite-based cell retained 99 percent of its first effectiveness.
Dec 20, 2021 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, Christoph Brabec, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg, Yicheng Zhao
The Wikipedia of perovskite solar cell research study
A global group of experts has collected data on metal halide perovskite solar cells from greater than 15,000 publications as well as developed a data source with visualization alternatives as well as analysis tools. The database is open source and provides an introduction of the rapidly growing understanding along with the open questions in this exciting class of products. The research study was launched by HZB scientist Dr. Eva Unger as well as carried out and also coordinated by her postdoc Jesper Jacobsson.
Dec 20, 2021 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, HZB, Wikipedia, Eva Unger, Jesper Jacobsson
EnBW signs 63MW solar energy play
Products producer Covestro has actually concurred a PPA for the developer's 187MW Weesow-Willmersdorf project
Dec 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, enbw, Klaus Schäfer, Georg Stamatelopoulos, COVESTRO
BayWa r.e. indicators 135MW Spanish VPPA
Arrangement covers power from two solar farms for packaging supplier Huhtamaki
Dec 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, baywa r.e., vppa, Matthias Taft, Charles Heaulmw
Orion safeguards EUR28m to finance French solar
Debt arrangement is for two different portfolios which consist of 128 photovoltaic or pv power plants
Dec 20, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, solar PV projects, Orion
Rubis gets French PV gamer in EUR376m offer
Energy gamer takes 80% stake in Photosol as well as 3.4 GW solar development pipeline
Dec 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Photosol, Rubis, Jacques Riou, Robin Ucelli