Germany

Enen teams up with Wiwin to look for funding for 55 MWp solar project in Germany
German solar programmer Enen Endless Energy GmbH has released one more crowdfunding campaign to finance the advancement of a 55.4-MWp solar project in northern Germany.
Feb 17, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Solar Project, Enen
AMPYR secures 2GW solar project funding
Developer closes EUR400m facility with CarVal Investors
Feb 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, UK, Europe, Netherlands, Andrew Gould, AMPYR, Jonathan Hunt, CARVAL
Germany to increase solar PV deployment on agricultural land
Germany is releasing a campaign to support the construction of solar projects on agricultural land, in a relocation the economy ministry price quotes could result in the release of 200GW of additional PV capacity.
Feb 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Germany, Europe, Agriculture, bsw, agriPV
Solar-- 10 Predictions for 2022
Feb 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Germany, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, Switzerland, Oceania, Africa, South Africa, North America
German utility Enercity buys 30% of solar start-up Installion
German electric utility Enercity AG is obtaining a 30% stake in Cologne-based photovoltaics start-up Installion GmbH to boost its capabilities in the solar industry.
Feb 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Enercity
Fraunhofer Institute produces efficient solar cell 'recycling' process
The organization claims that in the first trial, the solar cell conversion performance was 19.7%. Currently it is feasible to recycle all crystalline silicon PV modules, regardless of just how they were manufactured and what's their beginning
Feb 10, 2022 // Technology, Germany, India, PV, Fraunhofer, Europe, Asia, solar cell, recycling, PV cells, Dold
Powering up PERC-perovskite tandem cells
Perovskite-silicon tandem cells offer among the surest pathways to a lot higher solar performances, one that has actually moved close to commercialization in the past couple of years. Much of the work reaching this stage has normally focused on developing a sensible perovskite top cell.
Feb 9, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, Perovskite-silicon tandem cells, PERC-perovskite
German solar start-up Sunvigo elevates EUR 15m
German solar start-up Sunvigo GmbH has actually increased EUR 15 million (USD 17.1 m) in a funding round backed by renewable energy financiers Eneco and also Sparta Capital.
Feb 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Sunvigo GmbH
BayWa r.e. to construct 3-MWp self-consumption floating PV farm in Germany
German renewables programmer BayWa r.e. stated today that is set to start constructing a 3-MWp floating solar PV farm in the town of Haltern am See for family-owned mining business Quarzwerke GmbH.
Feb 7, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, Germany, Europe, baywa r.e., floating PV farm, Stephan Auracher
Aquila to get 500MW solar portfolio
Asset manager agrees acquisition of development-phase Spanish projects
Feb 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Germany, Europe, aquila, GREEN ENESYS, VIRIDI
Wacker Chemie nearly increases polysilicon sales, massively elevating its incomes
German chemical group Wacker Chemie saw its polysilicon sales nearly double in 2021, raising its revenues dramatically amidst greater raw-material and also power expenses, initial economic results revealed.
Feb 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, polysilicon, wacker chemie, wacker
German utility TEAG gets 50.1% of solar designer Innosun
German municipal utility TEAG Thueringer Energie AG has actually gotten 50.1% of neighborhood solar programmer Innosun GmbH in a bid to broaden its solar portfolio.
Jan 31, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, TEAG Thueringer Energie AG, Innosun GmbH
Encavis plugs in 24 MWp of Dutch solar parks
German solar and wind farm driver Encavis AG (ETR: ECV) has attached 2 solar parks with a consolidated output of 24 MWp to the grid in the Netherlands.
Jan 31, 2022 // Plants, Germany, Europe, encavis, Solar Park
The Hydrogen Stream: Underground hydrogen storage for 1 MW electrolyzer in France
Elsewhere, several hydrogen projects were introduced in Norway, Germany, India, China and also the UK. Royal Dutch Shell started operations at the power-to-hydrogen electrolyzer in China as well as Germany's Linde Engineering authorized a contract for the construction a green hydrogen demo plant in Norway. In Addition, Green Hydrogen Systems signed a supply agreement with Edinburgh-based Logan Energy to deliver electrolysis tools for a project in England.
Jan 31, 2022 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, France, Germany, UK, India, China, Europe, Asia, hydrogen, Norway
Perovskite solar cell with 1,400-hour stability at heats
German scientists have actually established a perovskite PV cell with impressive stability by adding a bilayer of polymers that safeguards the perovskite from corrosion. This design assists to secure the exceptionally delicate perovskite user interface and also provides the cell with astonishingly high conductivity.
Jan 27, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, FAU, Yicheng Zhao, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg