Europe

Solar-plus-storage costs drop once again in French island area public auction
Costs of solar-plus-storage systems to be released on France's island areas have actually dropped once more in the nation's newest public auction, dipping below EUR100/MWh (US$ 122.75/ MWh).
Jan 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, Europe, solar-plus-storage, auction
German KfW finances 200 MW photovoltaic project in Spain
German federal possessed KfW IPEX-Bank is participating in the building and also operation of the "Los Escuderos" solar park near the municipality of Altarejos in the Spanish province of Cuenca with a loan of around EUR64 million ($78 million).
Jan 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Germany, Europe, KFW, Solar Park
Researchers have developed invisible solar panels which resemble windows
Scientists have actually developed the initial fully transparent solar panel in the hope that it may lead to a bigger rollout of solar power usage in domestic setups.
Jan 6, 2021 // Technology, Germany, South Korea, Europe, Asia, solar panel, Incheon University, Stuart Irvine
SUNfarming closes project funding for 26-MWp Polish PV portfolio
German solar engineering team SUNfarming GmbH claimed on Tuesday it has achieved economic close on the project financing for 26 MWp of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects in Poland.
Jan 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Poland, Europe, SUNfarming
E.ON shuts purchase of 49% risk in UK Eco2Solar
The UK arm of German energy group E.on SE (ETR: EOAN) today said it has actually shut the acquisition of a 49% stake in UK solar installer Eco2Solar.
Jan 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, e.on, Eco2Solar, Paul Hutchens
Downing protects PPAs for Devon solar farms
Downing LLP has actually authorized a brand-new power acquisition arrangement (PPA) for two of its solar farms in Devon utilizing Zeigo's online renewables purchase platform.
Jan 6, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, Europe, solar farm, Zeigo
ReneSola Power and Eiffel IG Sign MOU for JV to Fund Solar Development in Europe
ReneSola Ltd (" ReneSola Power" or the "Company"), a leading completely integrated solar project designer, today announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Eiffel Investment Group (" Eiffel"), a leading possession administration firm with 3 billion euros under administration, to develop a joint endeavor that will provide financing for ReneSola Power's present and also future solar projects throughout Europe.
Jan 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, renesola, Yumin Liu, MoU, Solar Project, Josef Kastner, Eiffel Investment Group, Fund Solar Development, Pierre-Antoine Machelon
Enel toasts 86MW Spanish solar double
The La Vega 1 and also 2 projects in the town of Teba comprise concerning 224,600 panels
Jan 5, 2021 // Plants, Spain, Enel, Europe, solar farm, Luca Capuozzo
Encavis attaches 300MW Spanish solar
Talayuela PV project becomes part of 500MW portfolio in Spain expected to produce EUR36m in 2021
Jan 5, 2021 // Plants, Grids, Spain, Europe, encavis, Dierk Paskert
Germany set up 25 percent much more planetary systems in 2020 compared to 2019
In 2020, around 25 percent a lot more solar systems were set up in Germany than in the previous year. Market growth would certainly be in between 4.6 and 4.8 GW, up from around 3.8 GW in 2019, according to a projection by the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) after assessing initial figures from last year.
Jan 5, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Carsten Körnig
Supercapacitors difficulty batteries
A team collaborating with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic as well as Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has actually created a very reliable supercapacitor. The basis of the power storage device is an unique, powerful as well as additionally sustainable graphene hybrid material that has comparable efficiency information to presently used batteries.
Jan 5, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Graphene, Roland Fischer, TUM
Meyer Burger set to receive EUR22.5 m in German grants for heterojunction quantity production
Meyer Burger has actually been pledged an overall of EUR22.5 million in regional German federal government grants when the business begins ramping quantity manufacturing capacity to 1.4 GW for its heterojunction (HJ) solar cell as well as module setting up.
Jan 4, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, pv modules, Europe, c-si manufacturing, meyer burger, n-type mono, heterojunction solar cell, Gunter Erfurt
Metka wins PPC tender for 200-MW Greek solar project - report
Metka, the design and building device of Greek company Mytilineos SA, has actually won a tender to build a 200-MW solar park in Greece's Western Macedonia area, Energypress reports.
Jan 4, 2021 // Plants, Greece, tender, Europe, Solar Project, Metka
Foresight Solar concurs EUR72m bargain for 99MW in Spain
Building and construction of subsidy-free projects in Andalusia to begin in the summertime
Jan 4, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Foresight Solar, Alex Ohlsson
Bruc Energy and Alter Enersun Partner to Develop 550 MW Solar Projects in Spain
The team, chaired by Juan Béjar, got to a contract to acquire 55% of 12 plants incomplete as well as growth in Andalusia and also Extremadura.
Jan 4, 2021 // Plants, Spain, Europe, Solar Power Plant, Juan Béjar, Alter Enersun, Bruc Energy, José Luis Morlanes