Europe

Ireland funds construction of solar installation for water treatment in Gaza
Ireland, in collaboration with France, intends to invest 8.8m euros in the development of a 7.5-megawatt photovoltaic installation in Gaza for treatment of polluted water.
Dec 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, water, west bank, gaza
Innovative material to boost performance of photovoltaic cells
A group of scientists from the Korean IBS, in collaboration with the Netherlands-based UvA, has created a new 2D material with atomic layer thickness, which offers super high energy conversion efficiency.
Dec 4, 2019 // Technology, Europe, Asia, Korea, Netherlands, PV cells, flexible PV, IBS
NICE Solar Energy & Manz set CIGS thin-film solar module efficiency record at 17.6%
The new total area efficiency record has been confirmed by TÜV Rheinland on a module surface area of 120 x 60 centimeters, using Manz production equipment at the NICE Solar Energy R&D facility in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
Dec 4, 2019 // Technology, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, CIGS thin film, Manz AG, nice solar energy co, pv celltech
Amazon is to develop the first large solar project in Spain
The corporate giant is creating three utility-scale solar arrays in Spain and USA within the framework of its green power plans.
Dec 3, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Amazon, Europe
Spain’s Balearic Islands assign 362 MW of solar in auction
The Spanish government has selected 55 solar installations in the procurement exercise. About 256 MW of the projects it awarded will be built on Mallorca, while Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera will host 61 MW, 6 MW and 2 MW of new capacity, respectively.
Dec 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, auction
Oil major uses COP spotlight to unveil net-zero ambitions
Spain’s former oil monopoly has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 but admitted that current technologies would only be able to achieve "at least 70%" of that goal.
Dec 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, energy transition, cop25, repsol, big oil, net-zero, offset
Masdar seals agreement to develop 400 MW of solar in Armenia
The Abu Dhabi-based clean energy group has entered into a formal agreement with an investment fund to develop 400 MW of PV capacity in Armenia, with a projected investment of up to $320 million.
Dec 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, David Papazian, ANIF, floating PV, Europe, Asia, Armenia, United Arab Emirates, frv
New method to create efficient perovskite solar cells
Scientists from Singapore and Netherlands have found out how to create highly-efficient next-generation solar cells of perovskite materials.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, solar cells, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Netherlands, Singapore
Modus Group powers up 13.5-MW solar park in Ukraine
Lithuania’s Modus Group has finalised the construction of a 13.5-MW solar park in Ukraine, its first photovoltaic (PV) project in that country.
Dec 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ukraine, Europe, Green Genius, Modus Group, Ruslan Sklepovic
World’s Second-Largest Ferry Operator Switching From Diesel to Batteries
Washington State Ferries consumes as much fuel as a midsized airline.
Dec 2, 2019 // Storage, Transport, USA, ABB, Washington, UK, Europe, North America, Ian Sterling, Washington State Ferries
Energyra works on restarting PV factory in the Netherlands
The insolvent photovoltaic manufacturer is still talking to potential investment partners, but it claims that it could resume PV module production at its shuttered factory in the Dutch municipality of Zaanstad on short notice.
Nov 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Europe, Netherlands, Energyra, Daniel Kuijk
Total Quadran launches a solar-plus-storage facility in New Caledonia
The new facility is the second phase of the 11.2MW Hélio Boulouparis 1. The first phase of the project became operational in May, 2017.
Nov 29, 2019 // Storage, France, Europe, Total
Interface in solar cells is a key to alternative manufacturing methods
The group of scientists headed by Professor Julien Bachmann controls the interlayer in solar cells to achieve high efficiency while using cost-efficient technologies and materials.
Nov 29, 2019 // Technology, solar cells, Europe, Julien Bachmann
Vattenfall heads to the Netherlands for 1.2MW floating solar debut
Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall is to build its first floating solar farm in the Netherlands, a country increasingly seeing floating solar appear on its doorstep.
Nov 29, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, solar pv, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, Vattenfall, shell
Axpo is developing a new Alp-based solar project
The energy company is creating a 2-megawatt plant in the canton of Glarus. It will be installed on the wall of the dam at the Muttsee reservoir in the Alps. The facility is claimed to produce large amounts of power, including the winter season.
Nov 28, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Axpo, Europe, Switzerland