Europe

'Landmark minute' in Europe as sustainable electrical energy surpasses fossil fuels for first time
Despite making strong gains against coal and also gas, Europe's renewable resource growth needs to expand faster to reach the EU's climate targets, according to brand-new research study.
Jan 25, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, Spain, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, Ember, Dave Jones
A method to track the outside efficiency of perovskite solar minimodules
Recently, scientists have been creating a vast array of innovations created to convert renewable resource resources, such as sunshine as well as wind, right into electric power. This includes solar or solar (PV) cells, gadgets that can transform light into electrical power as well as are normally incorporated to develop photovoltaic panels.
Jan 23, 2021 // Technology, Spain, solar cells, South america, Europe, perovskite, Colombia, efficiency, Universidad de Antioquia, Jaume I University, Iván Mora-Seró
Making green hydrogen via the exposure of nanomaterials to sunlight
A research team from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) has actually joined forces with French researchers from the Institute of Chemistry and also Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES), a CNRS-University of Strasbourg joint research laboratory, to pave the way towards the production of green hydrogen.
Jan 22, 2021 // Technology, France, Europe, solar cell, green hydrogen, efficiency, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, INRS, Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health, ICPEES, El Khakani, CNRS-University of Strasbourg
Iberdrola and also Danone signed PPA for 590 MW solar park in Spain
Spanish utility Iberdrola SA and french food business Danone have signed a lasting Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which will certainly drive the advancement of Europe's biggest photovoltaic or pv plant.
Jan 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Iberdrola, Europe, Danone
UK installs 545MW solar in 2020
Around 60% of new ability came from ground-mounted PV systems, claims Solar Energy UK
Jan 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett
Bruc Energy to acquire 2GW solar energy portfolio from Forestalia
Bruc Energy has agreed to get a 2GW portfolio of solar photovoltaic or pv projects in Spain from renewables programmer Forestalia.
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Forestalia, Bruc Energy
Floating solar pilot project near Canary Islands to face up to 10m-high waves
European Union financing has actually been protected for a floating solar pilot project in Spain to check out exactly how the technology does in testing sea problems.
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Spain, floating PV, Europe, canary islands, Ocean Sun, fred olsen renewables, offshore solar, Rolf Benjamin Johansen
Canadian Solar inks 1.4 GW UK PV pipe offer
Very first projects with Windel Capital are expected to reach ready-to-build phases in the second fifty percent of 2021
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, UK, Europe, solar projects
Gresham House, Anesco tie-up on 200MW UK solar
UK portfolio makes up shovel-ready websites varying in size from 20MW to 50MW
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Anesco, Gresham House, Mark Futyan
Researchers at the University of Hanover want to enhance BIPV
Roof covering surfaces covered with solar systems are not enough to meet power demands, particularly in non-residential structures. "However, because surface area mounting on the exterior is critically identified in terms of aesthetic appeals as well as preparation and setup, facade surfaces typically remain extra," discusses Katharina Klemt-Albert, head of the Institute for Construction Management as well as Digital Building at Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH).
Jan 21, 2021 // BIPV, Germany, Europe, isfh, University of Hanover, Katharina Klemt-Albert
Lightsource BP seals existence in Spain with 1GW solar portfolio purchase
Lightsource BP has announced its largest European acquisition to date, purchasing a 1,060 MW solar project portfolio in Spain from programmer RIC Energy.
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Lightsource BP, Europe, Kareen Boutonnat, RIC Energy, largescaleeu, sfi con london, Jose Luis Moya
Solar cheapest form of brand-new power in significant markets as new tech drives sets you back lower, states WoodMac
Solar is now most affordable form of brand-new electricity in a host of international markets, driven by expense reductions as well as growth of bifaciality, large-area solar modules and trackers.
Jan 21, 2021 // Market Research, USA, Spain, Italy, India, China, LCOE, bifacial, Europe, Asia, woodmac, trackers, grid parity, North America, large-area wafers, large-area modules
Rosseti to assist construct Europe's 'biggest' PV project
Francisco Pizarro solar park will certainly have capability of 590MWp
Jan 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, Rosseti Engenharia, Rui Martins
Two additional Georgia solar projects powering Facebook information center currently operational
Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), a consumer-owned utility with a track record for power development, and Silicon Ranch, one of the nation's largest independent power producers, revealed that two even more solar centers are now functional in Georgia to help sustain Facebook's operations in the state.
Jan 20, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Facebook, EMC, PV Power Plant, Urvi Parekh, solar projects, Reagan Farr, Walton Electric Membership Corporation, Ronnie Lee
Energy fund manager Glennmont Partners obtained by Nuveen
Renewable energy fund manager Glennmont Partners has actually been gotten by global investment manager Nuveen.
Jan 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Europe, Asia, North America, glennmont partners, nuveen, renewable energy fund managers, Joost Bergsma, Jose Minaya