Europe

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
Foresight Solar Fund safeguards 467MW Spanish PV pipeline
Portfolio lies across southerly and eastern Spain as well as contains the legal rights to six subsidy-free projects
Mar 23, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Foresight Solar Fund
Anesco breaks ground on 110MW UK solar
The 4 sites will be constructed by the end of the year as well as are created in collaboration with Gresham House
Mar 23, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Anesco
Green light for 150-MW solar PV project in Montenegro
The federal government of Montenegro in a session on Monday gave the green light to a local firm to begin a detailed development of a 150-MW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project in the southerly part of the Balkan country.
Mar 22, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, PV Power Plant, Montenegro
New project by Dutch-German consortium to create simplified tandem solar modules for European market
TNO, in cooperation with Dutch and German commercial companions, is advancing a perovskite/silicon tandem solar module suitable for very early market introduction.
Mar 22, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, perovskite, silicon, solar module, TNO, Maarten Ribbens
Voltalia seals PPA with glass maker
15-year deal to offtake 12.4 MW from 2 solar plants within the Garrido complex
Mar 22, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, PPA, Voltalia, Europe
Hidroelectrica, Masdar strategy offshore wind, floating PV in Romania
Romanian hydropower manufacturer Hidroelectrica has inked a deal to develop a joint venture with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, better called Masdar, for the development of offshore wind as well as floating solar projects in the Southeastern European country.
Mar 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Masdar, Europe, Romania, Hidroelectrica
Terna bags enviro permit for 241-MW solar park in Greece
A solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project with a capacity of 240.7 MW in Greece has been granted environmental approval by the country's Ministry of the Interior, the latter announced on Friday.
Mar 21, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, Solar Park, Terna
Photon Energy bags 375 MW in Poland's DSR auction
Amsterdam-based solar power firm Photon Energy NV (WSE: PEN) stated on Tuesday that it has actually been awarded 375 MW of capacity in Poland's demand-side response (DSR) auction for dispatch in 2024, safeguarding added revenues for its Polish virtual power plant (VPP) business Lerta.
Mar 21, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, photon energy
Gravitricity inks agreement with Czech aggregator
Scottish energy storage outfit will deal with Nano Energies to find routes to market for its technology
Mar 21, 2023 // Storage, Europe, Czech Republic, GRAVITRICITY, Stanislav Chvála
Scientist advance slot-die coated perovskite solar cells and also ink properties
Researchers from Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and also HTW Berlin have taken a look at exactly how precursor inks influence the quality of perovskite thin films. The best cells were scaled approximately minimodule dimension. The team revealed that when slot-die covering the halide perovskite layers on large locations, ribbing results may occur yet can be protected against by adjusting the precursor ink's rheological properties.
Mar 20, 2023 // Technology, Germany, Europe, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, perovskite solar cells, HTW Berlin