Germany

German electrical utility Berliner Stadtwerke GmbH will set up more than 300 photovoltaic (PV) solar systems with a complete capacity of virtually 23 MW on the roofs of public buildings in Berlin by 2024.

The European Union's (EU) solar PV market has actually navigated a year besieged by supply chain disruptions and module prices hikes to post record levels of yearly deployment, according to research from SolarPower Europe (SPE).

Green hydrogen can currently take on hydrogen created with fossil fuels in Germany, according to new study. Researchers have actually checked out six different circumstances for alkaline and PEM electrolyzers and recognized alkaline gadgets powered by grid-connected PV as the least expensive option.

German energy distributor MVV Energie AG has gotten all the shares of AVANTAG Energy S.à r.l as well as its sister business Philipp Rass Energy GmbH for an undisclosed amount.

German solar installer and also nuclear power plant driver Anumar GmbH will supply electrical energy from the 300-MW Anklam solar project, which is currently under growth, to local regional utility Energie Vorpommern GmbH under a brand-new collaboration arrangement.

Luxembourg-based unique fund FP Lux Investments has actually gotten a portfolio of three solar PV farms in Germany, safeguarding 27.5 MWp of power for its RE Infrastructure Opportunities fund.

German explosion-protected electrical and electronic items maker R. Stahl AG (ETR: RSL2) will certainly invest EUR 3.8 million (USD 4.29 m) to construct a 6-MWp solar park in the community of Waldenburg in Baden-Wuerttemberg that will provide green electricity to its close-by production site.

RWE is to invest as much as EUR15 billion (US$ 16.92 billion) into its eco-friendly portfolio in Germany by 2030 along with increasing its workforce through working with 200 new staff to work on creating solar PV as well as wind in the nation.

German power services business GP JOULE GmbH is building a 5-MW solar park in the state of Schleswig-Holstein with commissioning prepared for the springtime of next year.

In a joint effort between Pavia University (Italy) as well as the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden at Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), scientists created a novel method to make lead halide perovskite solar cells with record performance. Results have been published in Science Advances.

Norwegian solar marketplace company Otovo has actually started operations in Germany. That takes the country count to 7 for the firm introduced in 2016 to make solar roof installations a less complicated task for consumers.

Metal halide perovskites have actually been under intense investigation over the last decade, due to the amazing surge in their performance in optoelectronic tools such as solar cells or light-emitting diodes.

Heterojunction cell and module producer Meyer Burger has actually reduced module outcome at one of its manufacturing plants in Germany as COVID-19 is creating above-average workforce lacks via health problem and quarantine orders.

'Significantly oversubscribed' round attracted 986MW of bids

Proton Motor Fuel Cell and also xelectrix Power have additionally established a total system that incorporates fuel cell as well as battery storage innovations and also U.S.-based Plug Power is constructing a 100 MW electrolyzer in Egypt. In addition, Germany said it intends to deploy 10 GW of hydrogen capability by 2030 as well as South Korea revealed its hydrogen strategy.