Europe

Belgium's Ontex relies on on-site solar manufacturing at Italian factory
Belguim-based individual hygiene firm Ontex Group NV (EBR: ONTEX) today claimed that construction has been released on a solar plant at the website of its manufacturing base in Ortona, Italy, that will be covering over 25% of the center's power need.
Sep 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Belguim, Ontex
Spanish renewables crew seals 150MW solar PPA
Grenergy to offer electrical energy to an unnamed power group from the Belinchon project starting in 2023
Sep 13, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Europe, Grenergy, David Ruiz de Andres
Hanwha Q Cells to Build 50MW Solar Plant in Spain
Hanwha Q Cells, a solar options unit of South Korean empire Hanwha Group, claimed Friday it will certainly construct a 50-megawatt solar energy plant in Spain by late 2022.
Sep 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Hanwha Q Cells, PV Power Plant
Wemag payments 165 MW of solar ability in Germany
German energy Wemag has put into operation 7 solar parks with a combined capability of 165 MWp in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after two years of preparation as well as installment works.
Sep 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Solar Park, Wemag
Enel X develops 1MWp PV plant for Romanian car parts manufacturer Compa
Enel X Romania, part of Italian energy team Enel, said that it constructed a 1 megawatt peak (MWp) solar energy plant for Romanian auto components manufacturer Compa [BSE: CMP]
Sep 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, Enel X Romania, pv powr plant, Compa
Greenvolt obtains Polish battery gamer
KSME has an advancement portfolio of 5.56 GW of which 1.4 GW has currently safeguarded grid connection civil liberties
Sep 10, 2021 // Storage, Poland, Europe, Greenvolt, NEO Energy Group, KSME, Joao Manso Neto
Romania's Hidroelectrica to build 45 MWp solar plant in Braila
Romanian hydro power producer Hidroelectrica prepares to construct a 45MWp solar plant in the eastern area of Braila and mount 20 photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofing systems of 20 of its hydropower plants (HPP), according to information released in Romania's digital system for public procurement, SEAP.
Sep 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, Hidroelectrica, Braila
Q Cells discharges 50-MW project in Spain to NextEnergy's solar fund
Solar products maker Q Cells has actually created as well as offered its 50-MW Agenor PV project in Spain to NextEnergy Capital's third solar fund, the celebrations introduced separately on Thursday.
Sep 10, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Q CELLS, Europe, PV Power Plant, NextEnergy
GoldenPeaks Capital secures funding for 172 MW of solar in Poland
Two solar portfolios with a combined capability of 172 MWp developed by Malta-based GoldenPeaks Resources in Poland have gotten mezzanine funding from The Berenberg Environment-friendly Energy Junior Debt Fund III, the fund's advisor, German lender Berenberg Bank, said today.
Sep 10, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, GoldenPeaks Capital
The globe's biggest solar power plants
In his second article, Philip Wolfe founder of Wiki-Solar checklists the globe's biggest private solar PV power plants. The most significant solar parks and also various other collections of plants will certainly be listed in subsequent blog sites.
Sep 9, 2021 // Plants, USA, Spain, India, China, Europe, Asia, Mexico, North America, UAE, PV Power Plant
Tandem solar cells border in the direction of 30% effectiveness
Late in 2020, scientists in Germany and also Lithuania announced a new landmark in so-called "tandem" solar cells-- that is, cells made from two different sorts of photovoltaic material. Writing in Scientific Research, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin/Kaunas University team reported that its perovskite/silicon tandem cell had a photovoltaic or pv conversion effectiveness (PCE) of 29.15%, vanquishing the previous optimum of 26.2% for a tandem cell.
Sep 9, 2021 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Lithuania, efficiency
Poland's R.Power, Romanian partner to create 100MWp PV projects
Polish solar projects developer R.Power signed a cooperation arrangement with an unrevealed Romanian peer company to create photovoltaic or pv projects with a total capacity of up to 100 MWp in the Southeast European country, it said on Wednesday.
Sep 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, r.power, Romania, Przemek Pieta
Naturgy taps Solar Steel to provide 144 MW of trackers in Spain
Spanish solar tracker maker Gonvarri Solar Steel said on Wednesday that it has safeguarded agreements with power and gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) to provide its modern technology for 144 MW of projects in the house.
Sep 8, 2021 // Plants, Spain, Europe, tracker, Naturgy, PV Power Plant
Anesco secures authorization for 50MW battery site readied to perform multiple grid-balancing roles
Anesco's new 50MW battery storage site has been given the green light by Brentwood Borough Council, with the project to be one more example of exactly how batteries are profiting the grid and offering returns for investors, the company has stated.
Sep 8, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Anesco
UK federal government considering adjustments to its preparation program for 50MW+ solar sites
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is eyeing adjustments to its preparation routine for 50MW+ solar sites, with energy storage space developments raising in the nation too.
Sep 8, 2021 // Policy, NSIP, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, BESS, BEIS, NPS