Europe

Germany's solar developers almost set up 5GW of brand-new PV ability this year, after a further 525MW added in December alone.

European PV asset owners need to ensure they have the ideal abilities and knowledge to effectively operate in the continent's power purchase arrangement (PPA) market, according to panellists speaking today at the Solar Finance as well as Investment Europe meeting.

Fund management company Kobus Partners introduced today it has actually refinanced a 37.7-MWp solar portfolio in Spain, safeguarding an overall of EUR 207 million (USD 250m) from crossbreed bonds as well as project finance purchases.

Rice University engineers have uncovered modern technology that can lower the expense of semiconductor electron resources, vital elements in devices varying from night-vision goggles and also low-light cams to electron microscopes and particle accelerators.

Making use of salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and also British researchers have actually designed a new sort of rechargeable battery that can accelerate the shift to greener, electrical transportation on our roadways.

To aid advertise so-called radiant solar concentrators, TU/e researcher Michael Debije along with professionals in Italy and the UK propose details dimension procedures as a brand-new golden standard.

Lightsource BP, UK-based developer and operator of solar installations, has become part of an online power purchase arrangement (VPPA) with Verizon Communications Inc. that will certainly make it possible for building of a new 152.5 MW solar farm in Indiana.

Polish energy Edison Energia has introduced a tender for PV modules totalling 200MWp of prospective ability.

Hartree Partners has introduced the launch of a brand-new solar venture, AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE).

45MW of new projects brings UK financier's portfolio to nearly 400MW

PV designer to introduce share placement and also seek listing on London Stock Exchange

Hartree Partners, AGP Group as well as NaGa Solar strategy schemes in the UK, the Netherlands and also Germany

Intersolar Europe, the continent's largest solar PV exhibit, has actually been held off by six weeks.

Seven-year PPA with Lundbeck takes pharmaceutical firm to 100% renewable electricity

Lithium-ion modern technology is anticipated to remain to control the market for rechargeable batteries over the following years. This is the final thought gotten to by a group of battery scientists led by Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Germany, in a research study on lithium-ion battery (LIB) production and also alternate modern technologies.