Germany

German solar and also wind ranch operator Blue Elephant Energy AG has agreed to obtain six ready-to-build solar projects in the Netherlands with a combined capacity of 120 MWp to broaden its portfolio in the country to 621 MW.

German solar energy tools vendor SUNfarming GmbH on Monday introduced the purchase of 60 MWp of solar projects in Poland, all victors in residential renewable resource auctions.

Scientists from TU Dresden, in cooperation with researchers at Seoul National University (SNU) and Korea University (KU), demonstrated the role of the re-use of photons (called 'photon recycling') and also light scattering effects in perovskite solar cells, supplying a pathway towards high-efficiency solar energy conversion. The study has been published in Science Developments.

Canada's First Hydrogen and German consulting firm FEV are establishing a hydrogen fueling station for remote places where there are no electric power grids readily available. Additionally, Japan and Indonesia have actually begun to cooperate on hydrogen and carbon capture innovations and the UK gas grid is set to begin blending hydrogen around the nation from following year.

French green hydrogen manufacturer Lhyfe has actually authorized its initial project powered by solar photovoltaics in Germany, which is intended to serve regional industries, transportation business, loading terminals and districts.

German possession manager KGAL Investment Management has actually gotten a consolidated 50% stake in renewables developer GP Joule Projects, with both firms intent on taking advantage of the "enormous development opportunities" of renewables throughout Europe, and in particular Germany.

GBLT Corp (CVE: GBLT), a provider of mobile storage space, battery and also individual protection equipment, revealed today it has actually taken control of German renewable energy design company Gebaeude Technologie Center (GTC).

Impax Asset Management is working together with clean energy monetary innovation supplier Bullfinch Asset to invest in dispersed solar generation in Germany.

Somewhere else, French renewable hydrogen start-up Lhyfe has announced it is building an electrolyzer in eastern Germany, and also Los Angeles-based Southern California Gas has actually launched a hydrogen-powered drone to check its gas grid.

German solar power equipment distributor Sunfarming GmbH is intending to raise up to EUR 15 million (USD 16.94 m) in a bond issue to finance the development of solar projects across Germany.

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the latest design of its electric fleet, Vision EQXX, which will have 117 solar modules on its roofing.

UmweltBank supplying funding to the under-construction Tramm-Gothen project

Around 5.3 GW of solar was set up in Germany last year, initial analysis by the nation's solar profession organization the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW) has actually shown, with installs set to rocket better in the coming years.

The solar roof covering was created in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.

Around 240,000 new modules were linked to the grid last year according to preliminary results from BSW