Europe

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
Romania's Simtel Team to create 10MWp project
Romanian engineering and also technology company Simtel Team [BSE: SMTL] said on Monday it prepares to develop a solar project with complete set up capacity of 8 to 10 MWp in Ianca, in Braila county.
Jan 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, Solar Project, Simtel Team, Braila county
5.3 GW of German solar installed in 2021
Around 240,000 new modules were linked to the grid last year according to preliminary results from BSW
Jan 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, bsw, Carsten Körnig, German Solar Industry Association
Sonnedix completes 100MW Spain solar swoop
IPP includes 2 50MW projects to existing 700MW development portfolio
Jan 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Europe
Swedish Battery Developer Northvolt Creates its 1st Li-ion Cell
Noting a brand-new phase in European industrial background, the cell is the very first to have been completely designed, established and also put together at a gigafactory by an organic European battery company, claimed Northvolt. Commissioning and upscaling of the factory will certainly proceed with right into 2022, when the very first industrial customer shipments will certainly be made.
Jan 4, 2022 // Storage, NORTHVOLT, Sweden, Europe, electric vehicles, Peter Carlsson, li-ion battery cell
WES Green, Enovos commission 10-MW solar park in western Germany
German solar developers WES Green and Enovos Renewables GmbH have put into procedure a 10-MW area of a solar park in the South Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate as part of collaboration targeted at mounting about 200 MWp.
Dec 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Solar Park, WES Green, Enovos
Albania's AGA-SOLAR seeks structure permit for 150 MW solar park
Albania-based electrical energy investor AGA-SOLAR has actually made an application for a building permit for a solar park in Darzezë e Re village, near the southwestern city of Fier, the energy ministry claimed.
Dec 30, 2021 // Plants, Europe, Albania, Solar Park, AGA-SOLAR
Spain's Opdenergy signs up EUR-100m promissory notes program
Spanish sustainable power producer Opdenergy Holding SA introduced on Wednesday that it had registered a EUR-100-million (USD 113.1 m) promissory notes programme on Spain's different fixed-income market MARF.
Dec 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, OPDEnergy
EU solar installs beat record in 2021 as well as growth proceeds
A brand-new report by SolarPower Europe reveals 2021 was the very best year for solar installations in the EU with a record-breaking 25.9 GW of solar (PV) capacity connected to the grid.
Dec 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, Walburga Hemetsberger, Europe, SolarPower Europe
Masdar partners on 100MW Georgian solar
The developer has accepted jointly develop a PV project with the Georgian Energy Development Fund
Dec 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Masdar, Georgia, Europe, North America, Al Ramahi, Georgian Energy Development Fund, Giorgi Chikovani
Hungary reaches 13.9% renewables share in 2020 final energy
At the end of 2021, the Hungarian Energy and Utilities Regulatory Authority (MEKH) launched official 2020 data showing that the renewable resource share in gross final energy consumption hit 13.9%.
Dec 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Hungary, Europe
Sonnedix buys 37MW Spanish solar portfolio
The 22 projects are functional and also were bought from Kobus Partners for an unrevealed price
Dec 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Europe, Kobus Partners
Statkraft introduces progress with 125-MW solar project in Spain
Norwegian power firm Statkraft A/S has actually revealed that its proposal for a 125-MW solar PV project in Spain reached a permitting milestone.
Dec 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Project