Europe

German PV developer Athos starts a 40MWp dotation-free solar project in Spain

A new supplier from abroad enters Spain with an unsponsored photovoltaic project, debuting on a vigorous large-scale solar stage of an ever sunny South of Europe.

Nov 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Germany, Europe, subsidy-free, Athos

IT waste recycling firm launches Singapore- and France-based facilities

TES has published the press statement on the new recycling factories, which are promised to become top in e-waste recycling. As well the recycler is planning to give second life to spent EVB for commercial and residential use.

Nov 8, 2019 // Storage, France, Europe, Asia, recycling, Singapore, TES

Shell Energy is the only purchaser of Californian solar park 200-megawatt capacity

EDP Renewables, a Spain-based energy company, via the subsidiary in North America along with Shell Energy signed an agreement, with a term of fifteen years, for a 200-megawatt power system – Sandrini Solar Park.

Nov 8, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Spain, Europe, EDP Renewables, North America, shell, Shell Energy, REC

Univergy Solar is starting major solar power projects in Zambia

Univergy International headquartered in Spain and Japan is planning to invest over $200 million in two photovoltaic projects in Zambia.

Nov 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Africa, zambia, Univergy International

The French association creates a hybrid energy storage and cogeneration solution

Smart Energy Hub system can work both as an electrolyser and as a fuel cell. In the first case, it stores energy in the form of biogas. In the second case, it converts gas into heat and electricity. The system has been developed by Sylfen and French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.

Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, France, Europe, Smart Energy Hub, Sylfen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels

EDF acquires Pivot and aims at boosting its EV charging and storage activity

France-based EDF Group has acquired the British company Pivot Power. The UK firm has built the storage battery systems of 2 gigawatt power throughout Great Britain.

Nov 6, 2019 // Storage, France, UK, Europe, EDF Group, Pivot Power

German solar manufacturer Solibro is a bankrupt

Insolvency proceedings started against Solibro, formerly one of the major thin-film PV suppliers in Germany. The creditors couldn’t invest the funds sufficient for the company’s restructuring. As a result, about 180 people will find themselves unemployed.

Nov 5, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Solibro, bankruptcy

BayWa r.e planning over 100MW of floating solar projects in Europe for 2020

Renewable energy firm, BayWa r.e is planning floating solar (FPV) plants in Europe totalling over 100MW in 2020, after several successful projects were recently completed in the Netherlands with a total capacity of 25MW.

Nov 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, pv power plants, pv modules, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, baywa r.e., Benedikt Ortmann

Netherlands is likely to generate 27 GW of solar energy by 2030

The Environmental Assessment Agency of Netherlands (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving – PBL) promises that the country’s photovoltaic generation will grow by 5 GW by the end of the following year compared to 4.4 GW in 2018. Toward the end of 2023, the PV capacity is forecasted to be near 15 GW.

Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Netherlands, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Peter Segaar

Straining to fix perovskite cells

A technique based on optical imaging has been used by an international research team to illuminate strains in lead halide perovskite solar cells without harming them. The scientists claim the approach helped them discover misorientation between microscopic perovskite crystals was the main cause of the strains.

Nov 2, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Washington, Europe, Netherlands, North America, perovskite cells, University of Washington, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, David Ginger

DTEK inaugurates 240 MW solar plant in Ukraine

The energy company wrapped up construction of the site in eight months. In March, DTEK commissioned a 200 MW site which was also installed in record time.

Nov 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ukraine, DTEK, Europe, Risen

Germany added 2.9 GW of solar in nine months

In September, PV systems with a total generation capacity of 287 MW were registered in the country. The feed-in tariff has fallen again for this quarter as a result of the new capacity additions.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe

Solar electricity can retail for $0.027-0.036/KWh as renewables close in on global grid parity

The latest figures released by BloombergNEF show new solar and onshore wind power plants have reached parity with average wholesale prices in California, China and parts of Europe. The technologies are winning the race to be the cheapest sources of new generation for two-thirds of the world’s population.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, California, USA, India, China, Australia, Chile, South america, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America

Russian Far East sees 75 MW of large scale solar come online

Five PV power plants, each with a generation capacity of 15 MW, were grid-connected in the Russian Republic of Buryatia and the Zabaikalsky Territory. The projects were built under a program which offers generators capacity payments and the ability to trade on the wholesale energy market.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Asia, Russia, Far East

A banner year for advancing non-battery storage

This has been a breakthrough year for non-battery storage, with key advances in pumped hydro, power-to-gas, and thermal storage technologies. Many industry players are moving beyond pilot projects to contracted projects, which could lead to increased scale and lower costs.

Nov 1, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, Canada, Germany, Europe, North America, CRYOBattery, non-battery storage, Power-to-hydrogen, thermal storage, Ice Energy, Siemens Gamesa, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels, cryogenic energy storage, solar cryogenic storage

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