Portugal

EDP obtains approval for 4-MW floating solar plant in Portugal
Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP) announced today it has actually received the thumbs-up to start construction of a 4-MW floating photovoltaic or pv (PV) plant in Portugal's Alqueva Reservoir.
May 12, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Portugal, EDP, floating PV, Europe, PV Power Plant
Exus to deliver 85MW Portugal wind-PV hybrid
Project in north of the nation is due online in 2023
Apr 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Exus, wind-solar hybrid project, Carlos Tello Garcia
Iberdrola produces JV with insurance policy company to invest in 1GW of Spanish renewables
Iberdrola has created a critical partnership with insurance company Mapfre that will initially purchase 230MW of clean energy projects in Spain, consisting of 130MW of solar PV.
Apr 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Battery Storage, Iberdrola, Europe, joint venture, utility, data centres, Merlin Properties, Jakob Carnemark
Aquila expands Portuguese solar portfolio
Transaction for a 50% share in the 60MW operating property Ourique is anticipated to shut this month
Apr 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, aquila, Ian Nolan
O&G significant Galp to start work with first solar project in Portugal
Oil as well as gas company Galp has actually acquired a consortium to start building work on its initial massive PV plant in Portugal next month.
Mar 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Galp, Europe, largescaleeu, oil and gas majors, Jayme da Costa, Susana Quintana Plaza
EDP goes for 50GW of renewables additions by 2050, aims to US for solar development
EDP will certainly concentrate on The United States and Canada to ramp up its solar capacity in the following five years as part of a brand-new tactical update that will see the Portuguese energy target more than 50GW of renewables enhancements by 2030.
Feb 26, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, EDP, South america, Europe, Brazil, distributed solar, utility, carbon neutrality, largescaleeu, sfi con london, distributed generation
Nordic Solar purchases 48.5-MWp solar park in Portugal from Chint
Danish energy business Nordic Solar stated today it has closed the purchase of a 48.5-MWp solar project in Portugal from Chinese developer Chint Solar, without giving economic information.
Feb 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Solar Park, Nordic Solar, Nikolaj Holtet Hoff
NextEnergy solar fund snaps up Portugal PV project
NextEnergy Capital's global institutional solar fund, NextPower III ESG, has actually purchased a 39MWp solar project in Portugal, its third purchase in the nation.
Feb 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Solar Project, Filinto Martins, NextEnergy
EDP acquires Brazil solar energy business
Portugal's EDP has authorized an arrangement with Brazil's Blue Sol Participações to acquire a minority stake of up to 40% of the latter's voting shares.
Dec 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, EDP, Europe, Carlos Andrade
Floating PV as well as land close to freeways to be included in Portugal's 2021 solar public auction procedure
Great deals for PV projects on dams as well as close to motorways are set to be included in Portugal's third solar tender, the nation's state assistant for energy, João Galamba, has said.
Nov 25, 2020 // Plants, Floating PV, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Portugal, floating PV, auctions, Europe, solar-plus-storage, tenders, joao galamba
Portugal's MCA participates in 370-MWp solar project in Angola
Portuguese multinational MCA Group revealed it is leading a consortium included with the growth of a 370-MWp solar energy project in Angola.
Nov 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, MCA, solar power project
NextEnergy acquires 17.4 MW Portuguese solar project
Plant building and construction to start this quarter with commissioning next year
Oct 12, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, nextenergy capital, Solar Project, Filinto Martins
Portuguese projects under the hammer, Dehui declares Vietnam initially
A round-up of the most up to date solar industry news from around the world, as Aquila grabs its very first solar projects in Portugal, among Europe's hottest solar markets, as well as Dehui claims being Vietnam's initial module producer to create next-generation panels.
Sep 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Asia, Africa, LONGi, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, dehui, aquila
CIGS cells for micro-concentrator PV gadgets
Scientists have created a brand-new mini CIGS cell by using an area-selective electro-deposition procedure as a material-saving method. It has a conversion performance rate of 5.2% and a high open-circuit voltage.
Sep 9, 2020 // Technology, Portugal, Europe, CIGS cell
Siemens as well as Fluence to Develop 15 MW Storage System on Portuguese Island
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, was granted an agreement by the Portuguese power service provider EDA-- Electricidade dos Açores to develop a battery-based energy storage space system on Terceira, the second most significant island in regards to electrical usage of the Azores island chain in the Atlantic Ocean. The project intends to make the island a lot more sustainable as well as is scheduled for completion in 2021.
Sep 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Portugal, Europe, BESS, Siemens, Fluence, Duarte José Botelho da Ponte, Fernando Silva