Europe

Germany's Getec to provide 75 GWh of solar power to Union Investment
German investment firm Union Investment Real Estate GmbH will procure a total of 75 GWh of electricity from three solar parks in Lower Saxony to power its fund properties.
Jul 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Getec
UK solar PPA raises 18.4% in Q2 to over ₤ 60/MWh in new European PPA Index
Solar energy acquisition agreements (PPA) in the UK climbed 18.4% throughout Q2 and surpassing ₤ 60/MWh, yet less than the 24% rise of wind rates.
Jul 14, 2022 // Large-Scale, Market Research, UK, PPA, Europe
Two-thirds Of New Renewable Power In 2021 Cheaper Than Cheapest Coal In G20: IRENA
Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021, released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has actually stated that practically two-thirds or 163 gigawatts (GW) of recently set up renewable power in 2021 was more affordable than the globe's cheapest power plants, the resource of which was coal, in the G20 countries.
Jul 14, 2022 // Market Research, Ukraine, Europe, IRENA, net-zero, paris agreement, fossil fuel, Carbon credit, Coal and Natural gas, Cost of Renewable, G20, Macroeconomic damage
Ignitis secures connection for 252MW Lithuania PV
Project in Jonava region is due to go into operation in 2025
Jul 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Lithuania, Solar Project, IGNITIS
Spain slaps windfall tax on power companies
Spain will present a windfall tax on power companies as well as financial institutions from next year to fund measures made to assist Spaniards manage rising inflation.
Jul 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, legislation, utility, energy crisis, inflation, Windfall tax
REC Solar wins EU grant to build 2GW HJT plant in France
Module maker REC Solar has actually been chosen by the European Union to obtain a give to support a 2GW heterojunction (HJT) solar factory in France.
Jul 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, heterojunction, REC Group, REC Solar, European Union, module manufacturing, HJT, european manufacturing, Innovation Fund
Norwegian oil and also gas major Equinor buys United States battery storage developer East Point Energy
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor will certainly get East Point Energy, a US-based programmer of grid-scale battery energy storage projects.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Virginia, Europe, North America, Norway, Equinor
Fluence to provide 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery for German solar park
Fluence Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FLNC) said on Tuesday it will provide a 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery energy storage space system to German decentralised energy company Muench Energie to be collocated with a 34-MW solar park in Merseburg, eastern Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Europe, Fluence, Solar Park
EC nods to Italy's EUR-1.2 bn solar support scheme in agriculture
The European Commission (EC) recently provided its nod to a EUR-1.2-billion (USD 1.21 bn) support plan backing the installation of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) capability across Italy's agricultural field.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, EC
Statkraft to buy power from 30-MW solar park in Germany
Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft AS has inked an offer to procure the electricity from a 30-MW solar farm in Germany that is being developed by project designer Sunovis GmbH.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Park
Photon Energy begins on 2nd solar plant in Romania
Solar energy and also clean water remedies group Photon Energy said on Wednesday it has begun the building of its second solar power plant in Romania, with a capacity of 4.7 MWp, as part of strategies to develop 32MWp solar projects in the country by the end of the year.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, photon energy, Romania, PV Power Plant
Lifecycle research study of perovskites discovers lower environmental effect than silicon modules
Perovskite-on-silicon PV modules are much more ecologically helpful than conventional silicon heterojunction (HJT) modules over a 25-year lifetime, according to a research study from researchers in Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, oxford pv, perovskite, perovskite cells, HJT, tandem cell
EDP to obtain Polish distributed solar company Zielona-Energia
Portuguese electrical energy manufacturer EDP - Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP) revealed today that it will acquire Polish dispersed generation (DG) solar company Zielona-Energia. com.
Jul 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, EDP, Europe, Vera Pinto Pereira
Netherlands grid operators making use of batteries to soothe bottlenecks
Grid operators in the Netherlands are trialling the capacity of large battery storage to soothe bottlenecks in the grid.
Jul 12, 2022 // Storage, Grids, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Netherlands, investment, colocation, renewables integration
Enviria, Q Energy go into 500MW German PV offer
Partners will co-develop a portfolio of greater than 30 projects anticipate to get to ready-to-build in between 2023 as well as 2025
Jul 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, solar projects, Enviria, Q Energy