Europe

Romania's Servelect to construct 380kWp solar plant for Romatsa
Romanian power efficiency services carrier Servelect claimed that it has introduced the layout stage of a 380 kWp solar power plant project appointed by Romanian's Air Traffic Services Administration (Romatsa).
Jan 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, Servelect
International scientists create two-sided solar cells to accumulate scattered light
To raise the performance of solar panels, a team of scientists based in Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany and Canada has developed a bifacial, or two-sided, tandem solar cell, constructed by combining the very best of the perovskite and silicon innovations.
Jan 13, 2021 // Technology, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Italy, solar cells, Europe, Asia, North America, KAUST, Stefaan De Wolf, Ted Sargent, Yi Hou, Michele De Bastiani
Storage space might 'halve British wind curtailment'
3.6 TWh was shut off in 2020 sufficient to power a million homes for a year, claims LCP research
Jan 12, 2021 // Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Europe, England, onshore wind, SCOTLAND, Wales, OFFSHORE WIND, Chris Matson
Qair establishes sights on Sicily with applications for 500MW of solar
Independent power producer Qair has finished the applications for obtaining licenses for 500MW of solar projects in Italy.
Jan 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Italy, Europe, Qair, quadran international, sicily
Supercapacitors difficulty batteries: graphene hybrid material gets to power thickness of batteries
A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and also Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly reliable supercapacitor. The basis of the power storage device is a novel, powerful and likewise lasting graphene hybrid product that has equivalent performance information to currently utilized batteries.
Jan 11, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Graphene, Roland Fischer, TUM
Battery player Gresham acquires 25MW Tynemouth
UK-listed investor brings utility-scale storage portfolio to 350MW with most current deal
Jan 11, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gresham, Ben Guest, John Leggate
Lightrock Power unveils 49MW UK solar play
Examinations start for Leeming PV project found in the north of England
Jan 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Lightrock Power, Chris Sowerbutts
Bluefield Solar gets 70MW UK PV park
Bradenstoke project covers an 86-hectare site on a former RAF airbase in Wiltshire
Jan 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, John Rennocks, solar farm, Bluefield Solar
Engie, Neoen companion on 1GW French mega-solar
Horizeo project will certainly additionally include battery storage as well as provide a green hydrogen manufacturing plant
Jan 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Engie, Europe, neoen, green hydrogen, Gwenaelle Avice-Huet, solar farm, Paul-Francois Croisille
Europe could tender 6 GW solar capability in 2021, Wood Mackenzie
In 2021, regarding 45 GW of renewables are in the pipeline to be tendered in Europe. The complete includes 17 GW of wind and also 6 GW of solar PV, with the staying auctions being either technology-neutral or putting on a number of sources, according to a report published by Wood Mackenzie.
Jan 11, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Wood Mackenzie, Europe
Colorful solar modules via "Morpho Color"
German Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has actually created procedures to create solar panels with a homogeneous and vibrantly tinted surface. The tinted parts could be integrated nearly secretly right into a facade or roof covering.
Jan 11, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, PV module, Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Thomas Kroyer
Vattenfall drives last lap for solar race group
This year's race in Australia in October will certainly the 20th and last year the Swedish business has been sponsor
Jan 8, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, World Solar Challenge, Netherlands, Vattenfall, REMIX, Sander Koot
Clean power newbie reveals 25MW Belgian battery plan
Nala Renewables will construct the project at Nyrstar's zinc smelting center in Balen
Jan 8, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Belgium, Trafigura Group, Daniel Vanin, EEUROPE
Record 45GW of renewables capacity to be auctioned in Europe this year
This year is readied to be a record-breaker for renewables auctions in Europe, as countries across the continent look to increase clean energy deployment to get to 2030 exhausts reductions targets.
Jan 8, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Wood Mackenzie, tender, auctions, Europe, Rory McCarthy, Flexibility, renewables auction
Powertis indicators an agreement with Aquila Funding for joint development in Italy of projects totaling up to 750 MW
Adhering to the finalizing of the agreement, Powertis will transfer a 10-project plan amounting to 249MW Aquila acquisitions 51% of project equity, with the staying 49% still in the hands of Powertis
Jan 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Italy, Europe, Powertis, Aquila Capital, Brazi