Europe

Engie acquires second Scottish battery project
50MW scheme in Broxburn is 30 miles from 50MW site in East Kilbride the company protected in late 2022
Mar 28, 2023 // Storage, UK, Engie, Europe, SCOTLAND, Aidan Connolly
Thrive eyes community ownership for UK battery
Co-owned 20MW Bristol project will certainly be a globe initial battery asset Bristol-based Thrive Renewables is joining community energy group, Bristol Energy Co-operative (BEC), to offer local residents the opportunity to have a share of its 20MW battery.
Mar 28, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe, Thrive Renewables, Matthew Clayton, Andy O’Brien
EEW unloads Swedish solar scheme
Project in south of nation targeted to commence procedures in 2024
Mar 28, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sweden, Europe, EEW
Lithuania's Solitek intends solar module factory in Italy
Lithuanian photovoltaic panel maker Solitek will certainly invest virtually EUR 50 million (USD 53.9 m) to set up a solar module manufacturing facility in Italy, it said on Monday.
Mar 27, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Italy, Europe, Lithuania, SoliTek
EDF energises Irish solar trio
Developer's initial three PV plants overall 17MW as well as are located in Kilkenny and in Wexford
Mar 27, 2023 // Plants, Ireland, Europe, EDF Renewables, solar farm
Virtual power plants emerge in BiH as seven aggregators pool 120 MW in total
Aggregation of distributed energy sources is experiencing a development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Presently there are 7 virtual power plants in the nation, aggregating facilities with a total capacity of 120 MW, or greater than all various other Energy Community having celebrations incorporated. The Independent System Driver in Bosnia and also Herzegovina (NOSBiH) visualizes an increase to 250 MW by the end of the year.
Mar 27, 2023 // Plants, Europe, solar power plants, Serbia, DSO, TSO, aggregators, distribution system operator, EFT, Elektroprivreda BiH, NOSBiH, small hydropower plants, transmission system operator, virtual power plants
ImWind protects loan to add 80 MW of wind, solar in Austria
Vienna-based renewable energy manufacturer ImWind Erneuerbare Energie GmbH has prepared EUR 100 million (USD 108.79 m) in funding from loan provider Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederoesterreich-Wien to support the building and construction of wind as well as solar energy plants in Austria.
Mar 24, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Austria, ImWind
Spain's Valfortec suggests agri-eco solar project in Mallorca
Spanish solar programmer Valfortec on Thursday presented it plan for a project on the island of Mallorca that will combine 39.9 MW of solar power generation, an eco park and also agricultural activities.
Mar 24, 2023 // Plants, Spain, Europe, Solar Project, Mallorca, Valfortec
Irish player Aer Soléir enters Spanish solar market
Business join Tartessos for 130MW hybrid project
Mar 24, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Aer Soléir
Enel opens up crowd-funded Italian solar plant
Ribbon reduced at 17MW Malvezzi Solar Park after on-line project
Mar 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Enel, Europe, PV Power Plant
Atrato snaps up two UK solar projects
Company bags 28MW as well as 1MW sites for ₤ 29m.
Mar 24, 2023 // Plants, UK, Europe, Atrato
BP ponders taking complete control of Lightsource bp
BP Plc is mulling over a strategy to take complete control of UK-based solar programmer Lightsource bp, its 50%-regulated joint venture, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources.
Mar 24, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe, BP Plc
Endesa gets enviro approval for 109 MW of solar projects in Spain
Spanish utility Endesa SA claimed on Thursday that it has actually secured the environmental approval to mount 3 solar farms completing 109 MW in Spain's southerly region of Andalusia.
Mar 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Endesa, solar projects
Qcells Supplier Hanwha to Invest $147 Million in Georgian Center
The new center by Hanwha will provide clean power company Qcells with encapsulant film. Likewise, Hanwha will certainly be the only company in the USA producing solar encapsulants.
Mar 24, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Brian Kemp, Qcells, encapsulant film, Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia, HG Park, Inhwan Kim, Matt Santini, Qcells facility in Cartersville, Qcells North America
Enel turns sod on 170MW Italian agrivoltaic project
Plant will make use of bifacial modules on trackers as well as borage and also fodder will be grown in between the module rows
Mar 23, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Enel, Europe