Europe

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
IB VOGT intends 100MW solar plant
F1 Solar PK has actually looked for a generation license for a 100MW solar energy plant proposed to be established in Jamshoro Sindh at an estimated price of $83.4 million, a declaration said on Wednesday.
Jul 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, ib vogt, F1 Solar PK
Perovskite structure additionally profits batteries
Researchers at Germany's Karlsruher Institute of Technology are leading an investigation into a new lithium-ion battery anode. The advancement has a perovskite crystalline structure as well as, according to the scientists, can give solid overall efficiency from less complex, less costly manufacturing methods than those made use of for other anode products.
Jul 30, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, perovskite, lithium-ion battery, KIT, Helmut Ehrenberg
Trina Solar provides 86MW of modules for Italy's biggest subsidy-free solar park
Trina Solar has given 86MW of solar modules to the Torre Antonacci project, the biggest solar farm in Italy that is operating without federal government subsidies or motivations of any type of kind.
Jul 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV module, Trina Solar, grid parity, Luca Carosielli, Gonzalo de la Viña
New reduced solar price in Greece but capability fails once again as parliament passes EUR100m EV subsidy plan
The rate tariff agreed by German business ABO Wind for two 10 MW solar projects in Igoumenitsa was available in a tender which alloted just 142 MW of generation ability, well except the hoped-for 482 MW. It is really hoped a slimline licensing process, to be used in the next purchase round, will address the problem.
Jul 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Tariffs, Greece, tender, Europe, ABO Wind, Kostas Karamanlis
Northvolt secures $1.6 bn support for twin battery gigafactories
In a little over ten years, Northvolt aims to pour 150 GWh of batteries onto the European market, each year. The firm is also functioning to resource end-of-life batteries for half its raw materials.
Jul 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, NORTHVOLT, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Europe, Norway, Alexander Hartman, Peter Carlsson
Temperature-based MPPT algorithm to improve PV system efficiency
Researchers in Spain have actually created a maximum power point monitoring (MPPT) algorithm based on just one input parameter-- PV module temperature. The formula has actually already shown stability in screening, the scientists claim.
Jul 29, 2020 // Technology, Spain, Europe, PV module, MPPT
Galp, ACS to set up JV for 2.9-GW Spanish solar portfolio
Spanish building and construction as well as design team ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA will certainly keep a minority stake in a 2.9-GW solar profile that Portuguese oil-and-gas significant Galp Energia SGPS SA consented to get earlier this year.
Jul 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Galp, Europe, ACS
'Not unreasonable' to anticipate Gresham House to target larger capabilities as it continues to scale
Gresham House has made a variety of announcements as of late, making further acquisitions as well as targeting ₤ 15 numerous debt financing with a private offer of protected power bonds.
Jul 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Gresham House, Rupert Robinson
UK comes in second in new European PPA Index
Brand-new analysis has actually located that the UK has the 2nd highest percentage of jobs with PPA provides out of fourteen European nations.
Jul 28, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, Europe, Jason Tundermann
Aceleron obtains ₤ 2m financial investment to expand recyclable battery services
UK battery storage developer Aceleron has actually obtained a ₤ 2 million equity financial investment to assist further expand its procedures.
Jul 28, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Aceleron, Amrit Chandan