Europe

Brand-new globe record for large-area organic PV module efficiency

Scientists in Germany have attained 12.6% performance with a 26 sq cm organic panel as well as 11.7% for a 204 sq cm device. The tasks were accomplished with a new module format and a slower, high-resolution, short-pulse laser structuring process.

Sep 17, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, PV module, efficiency, Andreas Distler

Greece's PPC Renewables seeks cooperations to fast-track 2.3 GW solar buildout

The renewable resource arm of Greek utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) is seeking to increase partnerships with significant solar sector gamers to fast-track its objective of mounting 2.3 GW of PV parks.

Sep 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, coal phase-out, PPC, helapco, Konstantinos Mavros

National lithium-ion battery supply chains placed

Experts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance have actually quantified the impact of markets worldwide. The ranking products a photo of 25 nations and also provides a five-year overview.

Sep 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Japan, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, South Korea, China, Europe, Asia, North America, Finland, Bloomberg, Kwasi Ampofo, James Frith

French federal government thinks about cutting pre-2011 FITs

Financial paper Les Echos declares the government is mulling a renegotiation of historical feed-in contracts after the Court of Auditors in 2018 ruled the motivations also charitable.

Sep 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, France, Europe, Xavier Daval, Les Echos, Arnaud Gossement, KilowattSol

Polish solar producers join to compete with imports

Businesses, sustained by the government, will join forces to reinforce their industry and add to the European Green Deal through made-in-EU products.

Sep 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Michał Kurtyka, Ireneusz Zyska, Grzegorz Wiśniewski

Ørsted confirms fire at Carnegie Road battery storage space site

Danish renewables huge Ørsted has confirmed there has actually been a fire at its 20MW Carnegie Road battery energy storage system (BESS) site in Liverpool.

Sep 16, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Ørsted, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service

Trina Solar takes full control of Spanish tracker firm Nclave

Trina Solar has actually taken full control of Spanish tracker system manufacturer Nclave, acquiring the remaining 49% stake in the company it did not currently possess.

Sep 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Spain, China, Europe, Asia, Trina Solar, pv trackers, pv mounting systems, acquisition, nclave

Bulgaria wants one more 2.6 GW of renewables by 2030-- and also coal

The government's energy technique targets new clean power capability this years but all existing coal power plants will additionally remain active, gas pipes could be upgraded and brand-new nuclear centers released.

Sep 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Solar Project, Bulgaria

Italy released 362 MW of solar in H1

Developers set up 259 MW of brand-new solar in Italy in the first six months of the year, according to ANIE Rinnovabili. However that doesn't include a 103 MW plant that was attached to the grid in late June in the southern region of Apulia.

Sep 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe

Cooling PV panels with salt water

An Anglo-Egyptian study group has actually developed an easy air conditioning approach based upon saturated triggered alumina, with saline water as an air conditioning agent.

Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, cooling

Mounting frameworks for floating PV from Spain

Spanish engineer Isigenere has actually established floating PV mounting structures based upon virgin high-density polyethylene as well as states the manufacturing process, which features plastic shot, can create around 1 MW of the product every 5 days.

Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, Spain, floating PV, Europe

Photovoltaic shade for greenhouses

French start-up Solar Cloth has safeguarded a license for a PV shade display for solar greenhouses.

Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Commercial, France, Europe, Start-up, SAS Solar Cloth System

EU Green Recovery plan can sustain 2.3 GW of Spanish solar project capacity

Three big projects are prospects for assistance from the Covid recovery plan outlined by the bloc.

Sep 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, covid-19, green recovery

HEP launches Croatia's biggest solar energy plant

Croatian state-owned energy distributor Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) claimed it put into operation the largest solar center in the country - the 31 million kuna ($4.9 million/4.1 million euro) worth Vis solar energy plant.

Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, PV Power Plant, Croatia, Hrvatska Elektroprivreda

Solarpack boosted by project commissioning initiatives in H1

Solarpack boosted its H1 running revenues virtually three-fold (191%) year-on-year to EUR78.84 million (US$ 93.64 million), thanks in part to the commissioning of PV projects in Spain, Chile and India.

Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Spain, India, Chile, South america, Europe, Asia, Solarpack, covid-19

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