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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and also M10 Industries have actually introduced a new matrix shingle innovation for attaching solar cells which is asserted to generate modules 2-- 6% a lot more efficient than those using conventionally linked half-cut cells.

Neighborhood subsidiaries of Italian energy company ERG SpA (BIT: ERG) are getting a 152.4-MW operational wind and solar portfolio in France as well as Germany.

The asset management system of German renewables driver Encavis AG (ETR: CAP) as well as Munich-based financial institution BayernLB have actually set up a 2nd special fund that will certainly concentrate on renewable energy investments throughout Europe.

To speed up the advancement of solar energy in Germany, solar remedies service provider Enpal has secured debt dedications of EUR275 million from globally leading financiers BlackRock, Pricoa Private Capital (the exclusive capital business of PGIM), and also UniCredit in its current round of fundraising. Additionally, additional institutional dedications of EUR70 million were signed in the kind of a subordinated mezzanine financing.

German solar panel maker Solarwatt has appointed a brand-new factory with the ability to generate 300 MWp of double-glass solar panels along with two new assembly line for batteries in the city of Dresden.

Vonovia SE (ETR: VNA) is planning to furnish concerning 30,000 roofings of structures from its portfolio with solar panels by 2050 as Germany's biggest property business is looking for to attain climate neutrality for all its buildings.

German solar installer Enpal has actually raised EUR345 million (US$ 405 million) in the red financing to money the deployment of more than 15,000 household solar PV systems.

German solar installer as well as power plant operator Anumar Solar GmbH has actually taken into procedure the 120-MWp Schornhof solar park located near the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt as well as will certainly sell the bulk of the electricity from the facility to Norwegian renewable resource manufacturer Statkraft AS under 2 power purchase agreements (PPAs).

German solar (PV) and power storage space developer IBC Solar AG has actually completed the initial two areas of the Draisdorf-Eggenbach solar park in Bavaria, which will certainly have a complete ability of 20 MWp.

Swiss sustainable infrastructure investment company B Capital Partners AG has obtained the Reuth solar park of 10 MW which is currently being constructed by project designer Green City AG in the German state of Bavaria.

German energy Wemag has put into operation 7 solar parks with a combined capability of 165 MWp in the northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after two years of preparation as well as installment works.

Late in 2020, scientists in Germany and also Lithuania announced a new landmark in so-called "tandem" solar cells-- that is, cells made from two different sorts of photovoltaic material. Writing in Scientific Research, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin/Kaunas University team reported that its perovskite/silicon tandem cell had a photovoltaic or pv conversion effectiveness (PCE) of 29.15%, vanquishing the previous optimum of 26.2% for a tandem cell.

Supply interruptions in the coal and also gas markets have actually added to record power costs throughout Europe, resulting in calls for even more support for renewables generation to mitigate future price increases.

German photovoltaic (PV) inverters maker SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR: S92) has actually lowered its sales and also revenues guidance for 2021 because of a shortage of digital components.

Ampyr Solar Europe and also Commerz Real's KlimaVest indicator strategic co-operation contract