Europe

Italy includes 2.48 GW of solar in 2022 to appear 25 GW
Italy set up 2.48 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2022, reaching cumulative solar setup of simply above 25 GW at the end of the year, profession body Italia Solare stated on Friday after an analysis of data from grid operator Terna.
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant
HyCC awards Dutch hydrogen FEED contract
Kraftanlagen Energies & Services will carry out basic design and engineering of 40MW H2eron project
Feb 8, 2023 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Europe, hydrogen, Netherlands, HyCC, Alfons Weber
Vattenfall gets to FID on 76MW agri PV project
Tützpatz solar site in Germany will certainly be built without government funding
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, PV Power Plant
Acciona Energia to supply renewable power to Grupo Violas in Portugal
Spanish renewables pure-player Acciona Energia (BME: ANE) has inked a ten-year agreement to supply 100% renewable power to subsidiaries of Portuguese organization group Grupo Violas.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, acciona energia, Grupo Violas
Romania's Electrica buys 12-MWp shovel-ready solar project
Romanian state-controlled electricity distribution group Societatea Energetica Electrica SA (BSE: EL), better referred to as Electrica, has actually acquired a business that holds the legal rights to a 12-MW DC/9.75-MW AC solar project in eastern Romania.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania, Solar Project, Electrica
LEAG, HH2E collaborate to build hydrogen economy in Germany
German energy company LEAG and also green power firm HH2E AG will interact to set up a green hydrogen economy with a concentrate on the government states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
Feb 7, 2023 // Solar to Fuel, Germany, Europe, hydrogen, LEAG, HH2E
Iberdrola closer to constructing 318-MW solar farm in Spain
Spanish electric utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) stated that it had actually obtained environmental approval to assemble a 318-MW solar PV plant in Salamanca province, western Spain.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
Trina gets UK orders for 75 MW of Elementa energy storage
Trina Storage, the energy storage company of Chinese photovoltaic panel manufacturer Trina Solar Carbon monoxide Ltd (SHA:688599), has actually shut contracts for the supply of devices for two UK projects with a combined storage capacity of 75 MW/116 MWh.
Feb 7, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe, Trina
Germany´s Cologne/Bonn Airport receives 2.6 MW photovoltaic system
In control with the airfreight service provider UPS, Flughafen Köln/ Bonn GmbH is mounting a solar system with an output of 1.5 MW on the latter's new hangar.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant
European solar PPA prices see Q4 hike
Contract values raised 11.4% in the final quarter of 2022 and by 60% year over year, says LevelTen Energy
Feb 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Italy, PPA, Europe, levelten
Enel in Talks to Sell Its Sicily PV Manufacture Stake
Enel, the Italian energy group, is in exclusive talks to sell a stake in 3Sun, its photovoltaic panel production site in Sicily. This move is part of the EU effort to speed up the switch to renewables and reduce dependence on Chinese solar materials.
Feb 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Enel, Europe
Iberdrola and Prosolia Energy Secure Europe's Largest Solar Power Plant Approval in Portugal
Iberdrola and Prosolia Energy have secured approvals from the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) to build Europe's largest photovoltaic plant in Santiago do Cacém near Sines. It will produce clean and cheap energy to cover the annual needs of 430,000 households.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, PV Power Plant
Wienerberger expands its business with BIPV in UK and Ireland
Wienerberger UK and Ireland is introducing a new solar roof covering system. The business, which comes from the Austrian brick manufacturer Wienerberger AG, is cooperating with Westech Solar (UK) Ltd of Oxford on this project.
Feb 6, 2023 // BIPV, UK, Ireland, Europe, Wienerberger
SUNfarming unit locks Hansainvest debt for 257 MWp of Polish solar
German independent power producer SUN IPP GmbH & Co KG, part of solar installer SUNfarming Gruppe, has gotten EUR 50 million (USD 53.9 m) in debt financing to bankroll the construction of 257 MWp of solar projects in Poland.
Feb 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Solar Project, SUN IPP GmbH & Co KG, SUNfarming Gruppe
Spain's Grenergy opens up 37-MWp solar farm complex in Colombia
Spanish renewables firm Grenergy Renovables SL (BME: GRE) on Friday inaugurated a 30-MW/37-MWp solar power complex in the department of Tolima, central-west Colombia.
Feb 6, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Grenergy Renovables, PV Power Plant