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power producer and energy trader Axpo Holding AG has announced that its Italian activities will be focused mostly on the development of large-scale solar

Axpo as well as Voltalia have actually authorized a power acquisition contract (PPA) for a UK solar park. Under the terms of the 10-year fixed rate PPA Axpo UK will certainly acquire 100% of the electricity, Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) as well as Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) from Voltalia's 7.2 MW Tonge solar park near Sittingbourne, in Kent, England. The offer covers the period out to 2031, supplying Voltalia with the certainty of fixed-price earnings streams for its power as well as associated commodities over the long-lasting. Axpo will obtain carbon-free solar power and also renewable certificates which will better boost its placement as a leading investor as well as provider of renewable electricity in the UK market. Axpo UK elderly begetter Ross McHardy claimed: "Axpo is a well established service provider of ingenious risk management remedies within the power value chain including the stipulation of long-term pricing and also trading of certificates. "We are pleased to shut this brand-new PPA with Voltalia; building on both firms' wholesale power trading connection across Europe. "This PPA increases the existing Axpo portfolio, allowing further advertising of lasting, set price, eco-friendly energy to our clients".

Axpo Holding AG, a Swiss renewable energy company and energy trader, has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with German developer Enerparc AG’s energy trading unit, Sunnic Lighthouse GmbH, for 39.8 MWp of operational solar farms in Germany. The agreement, which will come into effect on October 1, 2023, will supply Axpo with 38.4 GWh of electricity annually until December 31, 2027. This is the second agreement between Axpo and Sunnic, following a contract in 2020 for 35 GWh of power from Enerparc’s Buettel solar farm in Schleswig-Holstein. It is structured as a pay-as-forecast PPA based on a forecast delivery schedule for each day. What Benefits Will Axpo Gain From PPA With Sunnic? Stabilized pricing throughout the duration of the agreement Axpo will gain access to renewable energy with no capital expenditure, allowing for more efficient use of resources Improved risk management as a result of the PPA's fixed cost structure Reduced volatility in electricity prices through the use of an energy hedging strategy Increased energy security from accessing reliable and sustainable energy sources Enhanced opportunities for Axpo to expand its portfolio of renewable energy assets

Solar has actually signed two 10-year PPAs with Axpo Italia for the purchase of 70% of power created by 2 solar energy plants under growth amounting to

the most up to date expansion of its battery storage capacity, Axpo will build a 20MW facility in Sweden to deliver solutions to the grid in 2024. Swiss outfit

ib vogt GmbH will supply 200 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity to Axpo Polska, the Polish subsidiary of Switzerland’s Axpo Holding AG,

intend to join to 300 MWp of PPAs in the country. Under the current offer, Axpo will certainly be paying an assured set price over a period of ten years for

contracts were signed for a duration of between five as well as 7 years, Axpo Iberia said on Wednesday. Under the bargains, the power retailer will

Their mounted capability will certainly vary from 0.3 MWp to 30 MWp. Axpo's Warsaw-based unit Axpo Polska is acquiring the solar farms' result

Axpo Holding AG has broken ground on NalpSolar, an 8-megawatt photovoltaic plant perched 1,900 metres above sea level in the canton of Graubünden. The alpine facility—Axpo’s first at this altitude—sits on a south-facing plateau near the Lai da Nalps reservoir in Tujetsch, an area famed for deep-winter sunshine even when lowland arrays struggle. Once fully commissioned, the pilot site should deliver roughly 11 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to serve some 2,000 Swiss households. Unlike many green-field solar projects, NalpSolar’s output is already spoken for. Axpo has signed a 20-year power-purchase agreement with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which will feed the clean power directly into its traction grid. Rail demand peaks during the colder months, making alpine generation valuable because snow reflection and thin, cool air can noticeably boost panel efficiency when the plains are shrouded in fog. The schedule is deliberately paced to gather data on building in harsh conditions. Axpo aims to connect at least 10 percent of plant capacity by December 2025, then incrementally expand arrays over three construction seasons. Full output is expected by 2028, giving engineers three winters’ worth of performance readings before final build-out. Lessons learned could inform a new wave of high-altitude projects across the Alps. NalpSolar slots neatly into Bern’s Solar Express programme, an incentive package fast-tracking alpine PV to shore up Switzerland’s winter electricity gap. Parliament approved the measure in 2023 after hydropower shortages and volatile gas prices exposed the limits of the country’s traditional energy mix. To qualify, developers must bring at least 10 percent of capacity online within two years and guarantee substantial cold-season production—criteria Axpo says its site comfortably meets. For Axpo, Europe’s energy crunch has underscored the importance of diversified renewables. “High-elevation solar won’t replace valley plants, but it can stabilise supply when it’s needed most,” said André Burkhard, head of solar at the Zurich-based utility. “If NalpSolar performs as our models predict, we’ll replicate the concept at other reservoirs.” Swiss authorities hope such replication comes quickly. The Energy Strategy 2050 calls for tripling domestic solar output by mid-century, with at least 2 terawatt-hours originating from the mountains. NalpSolar’s progress will be an early test of whether the peaks can deliver on that ambition.

hosts a ground-mounted solar project with an ability of as much as 20 MW. Axpo will co-develop both projects with SENS. The Swiss firm's head of batteries

public energy utility Axpo will certainly market the grid harmonizing services used by the biggest energy storage facility planned to day in the Nordic

Axpo has signed a power purchase agreement with McDonald’s to supply renewable electricity from a 200-MWp solar complex in Spain. The deal is aimed at helping McDonald’s meet decarbonisation goals, particularly reducing Scope 2 emissions, while giving the chain greater energy price predictability through a long-term contract.For Axpo, the corporate offtake helps de-risk revenue and can support project financing in a market where wholesale dynamics, price spreads and grid congestion can make merchant power more volatile. Such PPAs typically require balancing and shaping services to match retail consumption patterns with solar generation, especially as Spain’s PV penetration grows and midday prices weaken. How will Axpo’s 200-MWp Spain solar PPA cut McDonald’s Scope 2 emissions? The 200-MWp solar PPA lets McDonald’s buy electricity covered by renewable energy certificates/contracted generation, replacing part of its grid electricity with solar-sourced power. Because Scope 2 emissions are driven by the carbon intensity of the electricity a company consumes, shifting contracted consumption to renewable electricity reduces the emissions associated with that electricity use. The long-term nature of the contract supports McDonald’s decarbonisation pathway by locking in a cleaner electricity mix over many years, rather than relying on spot-market renewables. By securing output from a dedicated solar complex in Spain, the PPA supports a measurable reduction in the “location-based” emissions factor tied to the electricity mix used by McDonald’s for Scope 2 reporting. Where the accounting method includes “market-based” Scope 2 reporting, the contract can be used to demonstrate that McDonald’s electricity is supplied via a qualifying renewable instrument, lowering reported Scope 2. Solar generation is largely concentrated in daylight hours; pairing the contracted supply with matching/settlement arrangements (e.g., balancing and shaping) helps ensure that the delivered renewable coverage aligns more closely with McDonald’s consumption profile. As Spain’s solar penetration rises and midday generation can depress wholesale prices, a structured PPA helps keep McDonald’s access to renewable electricity consistent despite volatile price spreads—supporting sustained emissions reductions rather than temporary purchases. For the solar complex, dedicated corporate offtake improves project bankability, which accelerates deployment; more contracted renewable supply in the grid context typically contributes to ongoing reductions in electricity-related emissions.

Torun, Lubicz, Naleczow, Nowa Wies Wroclawska as well as Rzeszow. According to Axpo, the power is being created by 22 solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) farms

Axpo has become the offtaker of one of Germany’s supposedly first zero-subsidy projects, with a new power purchase agreement (PPA) covering the plant’s first few years of life. A German subsidiary of the energy trader will be buying power off a 1.5MW installation in Bavaria, the joint work of investor SEAC and developer and EPC specialist MaxSolar. Built towards the south of the German state, the 1.57GWh-a-year plant will sell electricity to Axpo over the next five years, in return for an undisclosed fixed price. Contacted by PV Tech today, Axpo did not comment on the PPA’s pricing arrangements but explained the 1.5MW plant was completed in early July, and connected since to the grid. The installation’s promoters are billing it as one of the first subsidy-free projects in Germany, a country slower in its solar PPA uptake than Spain, Portugal and others in Europe. Axpo's PPA foray – its first-ever in Germany – comes just two months after the energy trader snapped up France's Urbasolar, acquiring a 1.3GW-plus solar portfolio and pipeline in the process.  Europe's PV giant stays small to learn PPA ropes In a statement, MaxSolar said the Bavarian project was kept “deliberately small” to better learn from the PPA experience. “The concept of PPAs has been successfully used internationally for decades. In Germany, this topic has been a niche existence to date,” the firm added. In Germany, the project is the latest to lay claim to the zero-subsidy frontrunner title. Other announcements so far this year include EnBW’s 175MW project and BayWa r.e.’s 8.8MW scheme. The exploration of the PPA avenue comes as the solar industry braces for a potential cut-off of its key support driver to date, that of Germany’s renewable subsidies. Having jumped from 10GW (2009) to nearly 46GW (2018) in a decade, Europe’s top PV market is legally required to halt subsidies when the 52GW capacity threshold is reached. Consultants including Aurora Energy Research have urged the country to embrace PPAs more decisively in its post-subsidy era, unlocking a €2 billion (US$2.25 billion) market in the process.