Europe

Juwi begins building and construction of the 204 MW "Kozani" PV plant in Greece
The Greek subsidiary of the German Juwi AG has begun the construction of Europe's largest bifacial solar park in northern Greece.
Nov 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, PV Power Plant, juwi
Home Solar Demand Surges Through the Roof in 2020
All over the world, the property solar sector is solid. Lockdown limitations have offered customers extra reason to take notice of their power costs, and more time to pursue residence enhancements like solar.
Nov 18, 2020 // Residential, Market Research, USA, Germany, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America
Top-list of utility-scale solar developers
Buoyant market attracts multi-national utilities
Nov 18, 2020 // Market Research, USA, Japan, Scatec Solar, France, Italy, EDF, Engie, Enel, Europe, Asia, neoen, North America, AES, frv, shell, NextEra Energy, juwi, Enerparc, Softbank, Indian Azure, BayWa re., Philip Wolfe
UK environment-friendly strategy 'does not have solar support'
Trade body charges government of 'dead spot' over noninclusion of PV from statement of 10-point effort
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett, SCOTLAND, Morag Watson, Alan Mortimer
French solar industry warns of 'economic catastrophe' if suggested subsidy cuts proceed
French solar designers, financiers and utilities have claimed government strategies to cut subsidies for PV project owners would certainly cause an "economic disaster" that might threaten the nation's power shift.
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, France, Europe, SolarPower Europe, financing, Enerplan, syndicat des energies renouvelables
Equinor, Hydro, Panasonic discover battery options
Trio to examine possibilities for establishing a European service based in Norway
Nov 18, 2020 // Storage, Panasonic, Europe, Norway, Equinor, Mototsugu Sato, Arvid Moss, Allan Swan
Iberdrola to supply environment-friendly energy to Bayer centers in Spain
Spanish renewables developer Iberdrola has actually signed a power purchase arrangement (PPA) with pharmaceutical firm Bayer to supply 100% renewable power.
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Iberdrola, Europe, Bayer
Encavis boosts profits by 5 percent in the initial nine months of 2020
In the very first 9 months of 2020, German solar as well as wind power plant operator Encavis AG accomplished a year-on-year boost in sales of around five percent to EUR234.3 million ($277 million).
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, encavis ag
UK Funding Approval for Exploring Space Based Solar Power
Solar power in space, which has played such a key role in powering satellites so far, is currently in the spotlight for producing energy in the world also.
Nov 17, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, frazer-nash, SBSP, Space solar stations, Martin Soltau
Aviva moves to put 'words into activities' with mixed solar and also storage carport in Perth
Insurance company Aviva has opened up among the UK's biggest integrated solar as well as power storage carports at its Perth Office.
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, Aviva, Nick Amin, David Skinn
Bluefield seeks to increase ₤ 45m via share putting to support more purchases
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is looking to raise ₤ 45 million with a share positioning to repay its attracted rotating credit scores center, opening its purchase choices.
Nov 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, BSIF, Bluefield Solar Income Fund
Fifty percent a million planetary systems could be closed down too soon by 2030 in Germany
Within the next ten years, as much as 447,000 still working solar energy plants in Germany are intimidated with closure if the present draft law on the change of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) is stuck to. According to a research study by EUPD Research in support of the solar and also storage market, "most of operators will certainly switch off their solar power systems as soon as they are no more eligible for aids after 20 years, as their continued operation will then no more pay".
Nov 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe
Energy technology companies target Spanish grid alleviation with house solar-storage offer
Energy company OVO Energy has enlisted battery storage space service provider sonnen to release a house solar-storage offering in Spain with the goal of reducing grid constraints in the country.
Nov 16, 2020 // Residential, Storage, Grids, Spain, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Ovo Energy, Sonnen, kaluza, Sara Wood
Greece to expand renewables portfolio with five new solar projects
London-based renewable energy financing organization National Energy Holdings Limited has partnered with Piraeus Bank SA to help Greece to expand its profile of tidy energy resources.
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, solar projects, Giles Clark
EDF unveils 50MW UK solar plans
EDF Renewables has revealed plans for an up-to-50MW solar farm, Bloy's Grove, in between the villages of Swainsthorpe and also Mulbarton, just south of Norwich.
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables, solar farm, Mark Vyvyan-Robinson