Spain

Top Spanish bank backs fully merchant 79.2MW PV project
One of Spain’s largest banks has gotten behind a utility-scale solar portfolio, planned without support from auctions nor power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Aug 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Renovalia, Banco Sabadell, Europe, subsidy-free solar, subsidy-free pv, unsubsidised, merchant solar, renovalia energy, J&A Garrigues, Luxcara
Solar-plus-storage grid parity sweeps through top EU markets
The costs of residential solar-plus-storage have already dropped or will only take a few years to drop to nation-wide grid averages across key European markets, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Aug 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Policy, ENERGY STORAGE, Spain, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Wood Mackenzie, Europe, solar-plus-storage, energy storage economics, solar economics, woodmac, stats, analysis
Renovalia nails financing for Spain’s first merchant PV project
The €29.7 million financing package was awarded by Banco Sabadell. Renovalia’s 79.2 MW solar park will be Spain’s first PV facility to sell all of its output on the spot market.
Aug 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar, Spain, PV plants, pv modules, Renovalia, Banco Sabadell, El Bonal, Europe
ABO sells Spanish PV portfolio, links debut Hungarian project
ABO Wind has reached key solar milestones across two of its European target markets, notching up a major sale in Spain and linking its first Hungarian PV project.
Aug 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PV Tech, ABO, Wiesbaden, Hungary, plants, Europe
Reform power billing or risk hindering clean energy, Spain told
Spain has an opportunity in its upcoming reform of electricity charging to clear hurdles for self-consumption and electric vehicles (EVs), according to national PV body UNEF.
Jul 22, 2019 // Tariffs, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, France, Greece, Germany, UNEF, UK, Italy, CNMC, Europe