Europe

Voltalia to Maintain and also construct Solar Farms Worth 134 MW in Portugal
Voltalia will certainly give EPC solutions complied with by O&M solutions to Smartenergy for 3 solar ranches in Portugal with a complete ability of 134 MW.
Feb 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Voltalia, Europe, International, Smartenergy, Sébastien Clerc
Improving magnesium-based batteries with disorder
Scientists have actually discovered solid anodic task in disordered fragments of magnesium chromium oxide. Unlike traditional, gotten nanocrystals, the disordered fragments supposedly accomplished relatively easy to fix magnesium removal as well as insertion.
Feb 10, 2020 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, magnesium-based batteries, Jawwad Darr
Eni finishes solar project on chemical sector website
The Italian oil very significant states its most recent, 31 MW center takes it to 80 MW of mounted ability throughout 13 solar plants in 5 Italian areas. Some 70% of the power produced by the brand-new project will certainly be made use of by Eni chemicals subsidiary Versalis.
Feb 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Eni
Silicon heterojunction solar cell hits 23.5% performance with brand-new hole-selective get in touch with
Scientists from Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have actually utilized molybdenum oxide as the hole-selective call in an heterojuction silicon cell. The researchers declare the substance can take on conventional get in touches with in spite of a reduced degree of optimization.
Feb 10, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, solar cell, heterojunction, silicon, Switzerland, EPFL
Greece's 2nd PV-wind public auction to tender 500 MW in April
Power regulatory authority the RAE has claimed the nation will certainly organize its 2nd joint PV and also wind ability public auction on April 2.
Feb 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, tender, Europe, auction, Dionysios Papachristou
Hungarian 150MW solar energy plant project acquires $125m financial investment proposition
With the EU increasing the rate of lignite in an initiative to minimize greenhouse gases as well as battle versus environment modification, the Hungarian federal government has actually determined to transform towards renewable resource as a resource of power.
Feb 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Hungary, pv power plants, Europe, Gilles Herard
Netherlands to attend to grid restraints for renewables with 1 GW of mobile medium-voltage substations
Dutch transmission system driver Enexis is releasing 11 "e-house" substations in the north Netherlands, where grid capability for even more large solar as well as renewable resource projects is presently restricted. On the whole, the business stated it will certainly spend EUR43 million in the strategy "to quicken the power change."
Feb 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Grids, Europe, Netherlands, Tennet, Enexis, Han Slootweg
Power Ledger wins agreement with Italian power utility
Australian peer-to-peer (P2P) power trading leader Power Ledger has actually won a financially rewarding agreement with Alperia SpA, among Italy's biggest eco-friendly power energies.
Feb 7, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Power Ledger, Jemma Green, Anna Lena Hörter
Hanwha Q Cells acquires 1 GW of PV projects in Spain
The projects lie across a number of Spanish provinces. The seller is Spanish developer RIC Energy.
Feb 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Hanwha Q Cells, RIC Energy
EIB authorizes EUR1 billion for clean energy tasks across Europe and Uzbekistan
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has actually earmarked EUR1 billion for tidy energy tasks in Europe and Central Asia as part of a larger EUR4.9 billion facilities, real estate, transportation and communications financing bundle.
Feb 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Italy, Europe, european investment bank, eib, Tennet, Austria, zero-e solar, spanish pv
SolarEdge to Supply Enfindus With Inverters for 1 GW of Solar Projects
SolarEdge has entered into an agreement to provide clever energy items consisting of inverters and power optimisers for 1 GW of solar tasks with Enfindus.
Feb 6, 2020 // Inverters, Europe, SolarEdge, rooftop PV, International, Enfindus, Alfred Karlstetter, Gino van Neer
Fraunhofer ISE researchers develop bifacial hybrid HCPV module with output of 326 W/m2
The EyeCon module has a hybrid power output of 326 W/m ² or a bifacial performance of 28%, determined with the offered global plus behind irradiance. According to the research group, the silicon cell creates in between 23 and 42 W/m ² of additional power when the diffuse irradiance element increases from 8 to 30%.
Feb 6, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, bifacial, Europe, Fraunhofer ISE, hybrid HCPV module
21-year solar PPA for three French airports
The airports of Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget will be supplied with solar energy by French solar company Urbasolar and energy supplier GazelEnergie. The PV plants connected to the agreement are now in development and will begin providing power in 2021.
Feb 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, pv power plants, Europe, Edward Arkwright
ABB's electrification business posts strong returns after inverter divestment
The Swiss-headquartered technology corporation is reorganizing, stimulating the figures. That effect was magnified by acquisitions and sell-offs in 2015 with ABB announcing in July it would hand over its inverter service to Italian company Fimer.
Feb 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, ABB, Europe, Switzerland
Mercedes-Benz partner with Hydro-Québec for solid-state battery development
The luxury car maker is banking on the timely advancement of market-ready solid-state batteries. Mercedes will work with the Canadian research institute to rapidly incorporate brand-new technology into field applications to cut development cycle times.
Feb 5, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Canada, France, Texas, Europe, North America, Mercedes-Benz, Jochen Hermann