Germany

SMA Solar cuts 2021 forecast because of shortage of components
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.
Sep 7, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Germany, Europe, sma solar, Juergen Reinert
Solar duo form 200MW German PV pact
Ampyr Solar Europe and also Commerz Real's KlimaVest indicator strategic co-operation contract
Sep 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, solar projects, Ampyr Solar Europe, Commerz Real’s KlimaVest, Andrew Gould
RWE wins 31.5 MWp of solar-plus-storage projects in German tender
German energy group RWE AG (ETR: RWE) has won two solar-plus-storage projects in the latest advancement tender in Germany as well as will mount an overall of 31.5 MWp of solar power ability combined with batteries of 10.5 MW in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sep 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, tender, Europe, solar-plus-storage, rwe, solar projects
Germany releases 577 MW solar, wind ability in July
Solar power systems with an overall capability of 435 MW as well as 142 MW of onshore wind turbines were set up in Germany in July, data released by the Federal Network Agency shows.
Sep 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe
Engie to provide 24/7 carbon-free power to Google in Germany
French power group Engie SA (EPA: ENGI) has actually signed a contract with Google LLC to supply the tech titan's operations in Germany with round-the-clock carbon-free electrical energy from wind as well as solar farms, the duo introduced in a joint declaration.
Sep 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Germany, Engie, Europe, Google
Naturstrom to construct 7.5 MWp solar-plus-storage plant in Germany
German green power company Naturstrom AG is developing a 7.5-MWp solar-plus-storage facility in the state of Thuringia that is anticipated to be placed on the internet by the winter.
Aug 31, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Europe, solar-plus-storage, PV Power Plant, Naturstrom
Pfalzsolar agrees first PPA in Germany
German engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Pfalzsolar GmbH has signed its very first power purchase arrangement (PPA) to supply electrical energy from the Dankmarshausen solar park to its parent company, power provider Pfalzwerke AG.
Aug 31, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, PPA, Europe, Pfalzsolar
Pionierkraft safeguards funding to release energy sharing service
German start-up Pionierkraft has elevated fresh capital in the single-digit million variety in a Late Seed investment round to finance the rollout of its flagship item-- a local power sharing service.
Aug 27, 2021 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Start-up, Pionierkraft
Efficiency record for an organic PV mini module
Organic photovoltaics has considerable benefits, such as environmentally friendly production and flexible modules.
Aug 27, 2021 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Fraunhofer ISE, efficiency
Perovskite solar cells: Interfacial loss systems revealed
Losses take place in all solar cells. One cause is the recombination of cost carriers at the interfaces. Intermediate layers at such interfaces can reduce these losses via so-called passivation. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with a carbazole core are particularly well suited for the passivation of semiconductor surfaces constructed from perovskite products.
Aug 25, 2021 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, HZB, Steve Albrecht, Igal Levine
European solar broke records in June and July yet even more progress needed
Solar PV plants generated 10% of the EU-27's electricity demand throughout June and July this year, new analysis by power thinktank Ember has found.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Europe, decarbonisation
Germany awards 155.6 MW of solar-plus-storage in Aug advancement tender
As lots of as 16 solar-plus-storage projects with an incorporated capacity of 155.6 MW won the technology tender in Germany with a quote due date of August 1, the Federal Network Agency stated on Wednesday.
Aug 19, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, solar-plus-storage projects
Sowitec loses 400 MW of Brazilian solar to unrevealed investor
German renewable resource developer Sowitec stated today it has actually unloaded an up to 400-MW solar project in Brazil to an unrevealed worldwide energy supply group.
Aug 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Sowitec
JinkoSolar Signs Lasting Deal with Germany's Wacker For Polysilicon
70,000 lots of polysilicon will certainly be supplied to Jinko Solar under the bargain for a 6 year period. The action could be connected to the United States restriction on imports where sourcing of polysilicon has actually been done from suppliers in Xinjiang, China.
Aug 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Jinko Solar, Germany, Europe, polysilicon, solar modules, Wacker Chemie AG, Kangping Chen
EU solar hits record height
PV panels produced 39TWh in June-July 2021 which is 10% of participant states' electrical energy, claims Ember
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Europe, Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia