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Germany's market for solar energy acquisition contracts (PPAs) has actually experienced the finalizing of among the very first big offers of the year, including among Europe's biggest telecom companies.

A Deutsche Telekom subsidiary has actually consented to purchase solar energy from Vattenfall. Swedish power firm Vattenfall as well as the Power & Air Solutions subsidiary of German telecoms firm Deutsche Telekom, have actually authorized a business 10-year solar energy acquisition contract (PPA).

Swedish Vattenfall will be constructing a huge solar array 70 kilometers north of the capital – in the city of Uppsala.

Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall is to build its first floating solar farm in the Netherlands, a country increasingly seeing floating solar appear on its doorstep.

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Vattenfall has added its name to the swelling list of proponents of solar-plus-wind-plus-storage, unveiling plans for its first ever triple hybrid.

The energy company will build a 38 MW solar, 22 MW wind and 12 MW battery project on one site. The first fully renewable hybrid power plant could be a blueprint for post-subsidy Germany. Vattenfall has an eye on German coalfields in particular.