Europe

English councils tender for solar car parks and storage space
2 regional authorities on the English southern coastline hurt for as much as 250 kW of solar generation capacity as well as at least 300 kWh of energy storage space under a setup which should not cost the cash-strapped councils a cent.
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Transport, UK, tender, Europe, solar car park
CPV panels for agrivoltaics
Swiss start-up Insolight has actually raised EUR4.6 million to bring its focusing PV module technology to commercial manufacturing. The panels have a claimed performance of 30% and power result of 160 W. Originally conceived for rootop solar, the item is currently being recommended as a fascinating alternative for agrivoltaic projects.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Switzerland, Insolight, Laurent Coulot, Start-up, CPV panels
SolarEdge up 12% after hrs on second-quarter income and also strong profits-- despite Covid-19
The inverter and also energy storage company was able to preserve its streak of rewarding quarters in what was expected to be a difficult period for solar and also the Israeli business said it sees "indicators of recovery in the U.S."
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Germany, Italy, Australia, Europe, Asia, SolarEdge, Israel, Oceania, Netherlands, North America, covid-19, United States, Zivi Lando
Green hydrogen economic situation evaluation for United States, Europe
A brand-new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation offers forecasts for eco-friendly hydrogen costs by 2050. The group claims to have consisted of system expenses that have been neglected in eco-friendly hydrogen economic situation evaluations thus far. Typical eco-friendly hydrogen costs, however, will certainly almost be cut in half in the United States and Europe.
Aug 4, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Market Research, USA, Europe, IRENA, hydrogen, North America
Fraunhofer ISE lands moneying for agrophotovoltaics research study at German apple orchard
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) has actually obtained EUR740,000 (US$ 866,429) in financing to check out land use problems between solar farms as well as farming land.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Fraunhofer ISE, agrophotovoltaics, farmland pv, Ulrike Höfken
EUROPE ROUND-UP: Denmark's very first bifacial solar farm is offered, RWE to pocket French solar
A round-up of the most up to date news from Europe's solar market, as European Energy liquidates Denmark's initial solar farm constructed making use of bifacial panels and also both RWE and also Octopus grab French solar properties.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, bifacial, Europe, finance, european energy, Fimer, Finland, Octopus, rwe,
Albanian utility set to move on with 12.9 MW floating PV project
Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare began development of the EUR13.9 million center in December 2018. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is taking into consideration lending EUR9.5 million to a project which it is said would help reduce the electric company's dependence on hydro earnings.
Aug 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Albania, Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare
A domestic vanadium flow battery
Flow battery manufacturers typically go after energy scale storage projects but German start-up VoltStorage is targeting the house market.
Aug 3, 2020 // Storage, Germany, Europe, Start-up, flow battery, VoltStorage, vanadium redox
Octopus Renewables acquires 14 French solar ranches for $69.7 m.
Energy supply firm Octopus Renewables Infrastructure has acquired 14 solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) farms in France.
Jul 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, pv power plants, Europe, Octopus Renewables, Phil Austin
Georgia Power introduces brand-new Customer-Connected Solar Program
Program aids grow renewable resource in Georgia and broadens the state's diverse power sources to benefit clients
Jul 31, 2020 // Policy, USA, Georgia, Georgia Power, Europe, North America, CCSP, Wilson Mallard
Finnish industrial park obtains 12 MW smart grid with main inverters
Inverter supplier Fimer offered its PVS980-58 main inverter option for the project, which will obtain 35% of its power from solar PV.
Jul 31, 2020 // Inverters, Grids, solar pv, Europe, Fimer, Filippo Carzaniga, Finland, Kai-Kristian Koskinen
Meyer Burger secures financial institution authorization to buy SolarWorld manufacturing facility in Germany
Financial Institutions of SolarWorld Industries have approved the sale of a production facility to Meyer Burger. The Swiss technology group prepares to manufacture extremely effective solar modules at the plant.
Jul 31, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, meyer burger
Germany added 437 MW of PV in June
June installments brought first-half capacity additions to 2.36 GW, as Europe's largest solar market mostly shook off the effect of the pandemic.
Jul 31, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe
German PV tender ends with most affordable price of EUR0.0490/ kWh.
The country's most current tech-specific PV tender was oversubscribed, however the final prices are somewhat lower than those videotaped in the last purchase round.
Jul 31, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, Julia Verlinden
Hydrogen storage space in French salt caves
Hydrogène de France as well as gas grid business Teréga plan to release a feasibility research for a 1.5 GWh pilot hydrogen storage space project in caves in the southwest of the country.
Jul 30, 2020 // Storage, France, Europe, hydrogen, Teréga