Europe

Iberdrola produces JV with insurance policy company to invest in 1GW of Spanish renewables
Iberdrola has created a critical partnership with insurance company Mapfre that will initially purchase 230MW of clean energy projects in Spain, consisting of 130MW of solar PV.
Apr 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Battery Storage, Iberdrola, Europe, joint venture, utility, data centres, Merlin Properties, Jakob Carnemark
Energy Storage to Steal $277B From Power Grids by 2050
Cost of lithium-ion battery to drop 68% from 2020 to 2050. Germany, France plan to invest 428m euros on associated projects.
Apr 8, 2021 // Storage, Market Research, France, Germany, Europe
Neoen concludes EUR-600m resources hike to money renewables strategy
Neoen (EPA: NEOEN) has finished its EUR-600-million (USD 713m) resources rise, protecting proceeds to finance the first cycle of its financial investment strategy that targets 10 GW of renewable resource capability in operation or incomplete by 2025.
Apr 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, neoen
Belectric payments 38 MW solar plant for Vattenfall hybrid nuclear power plant
German Belectric Solar & Battery GmbH has actually completed a solar plant for Vattenfall's initial crossbreed nuclear power plant in the Netherlands. The "Haringvliet Zuid Energy Park" includes an onshore wind farm (22 MW), a battery storage space facility (12 MW) and a 38 MW ground-mounted solar system.
Apr 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Belectric, PV Power Plant
Kenya's initial floating PV plant took into operation
German Ecoligo GmbH has finished the initial floating solar plant in Kenya. The 69 kilowatt system provides tidy energy to the sustainable Rift Valley Roses blossom farm as well as floats on among the farm's water reservoirs, saving space. The system matches another 75 kW planetary system which has been installed on a roof in 2019. The farm can now satisfy 60 percent of its electrical energy requires via solar energy.
Apr 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, PV Power Plant, Ecoligo GmbH
Gore Street seeks battery war chest
Capital increased will certainly go towards completion of a near-term acquisition and growth of its Irish projects
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gore Street, Alex O'Cinneide
Statkraft completes second Irish battery project
26MW Kelwin-2 in County Kerry will provide books to the power grid under an agreement with EirGrid
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, Kevin O’Donovan
Fluence, Siemens supply Baltic battery pilot
Lithuania TSO will utilize 1MW system to inject or absorb actual as well as responsive power in online transmission line idea
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Lithuania, Siemens, Fluence, Manuel Perez Dubuc, LITGRID
Vattenfall JV begins work on hydrogen cavern storage
HYBRIT project being established with SSAB and also LKAB
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Sweden, Europe, Vattenfall, green hydrogen
Wärtsilä Picked by RWE for 80 MWh Energy Storage Space Project
Wärtsilä has gotten the award of a 40 MW/ 80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage space system in Georgia, USA from RWE Renewables.
Apr 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, Georgia, solar plus storage, Europe, North America, Wärtsilä, rwe renewables, International, Projects
Zenobe to create 100MW UK battery
Energy storage space plant in Mersey in England will certainly be operational in 2022
Apr 6, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Zenobe Energy, James Basden
REC Silicon terminates silicon ingot as well as wafer partnership with US-based Violet Power
Polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon has actually remarkably terminated it provide chain partnership with United States PV production startup Violet Power, declaring it would certainly best serve its investors by focusing on collaborating with "established, tried and tested, active as well as appropriate solar supply chain companions".
Apr 6, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, Europe, polysilicon, North America, REC Silicon, violet power
Solar Nation Rankings. The top 5 in Past 5 Years, the Next 5 Years
The surge in solar capability in the past years, especially because 2015, has been out there for all to see. It was simply a few years back in 2012 that the world commemorated covering the 100 GW mark in solar. Contrast that with 2021, when the globe expects to include 150 GW in just the year itself!
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, India, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, IRENA, Oceania, North America, Vietnam, International
Dhamma Energy gets risk in French solar farm
International solar programmer Dhamma Energy announces the acquisition of the staying 50% stake in the 12 MWp Lanas solar park in France from its co-shareholder, the driver Urbasolar.
Apr 5, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, France, Europe, Dhamma Energy, solar farm, Olivier Crambade, Nicolas Fasquelle
EDF Renewables taps crowdfunding for 15.6-MWp solar project in France
France's EDF Renewables has introduced a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise EUR 200,000 (USD 235,100) for a 15.6-MWp to partly fund the building of a solar project in Cote-d'Or division, eastern France.
Apr 5, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, EDF Renewables, Solar Project