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Aukera Acquires 20 MWp Solar-Storage Project in Bavaria
Aukera Energy has acquired a ready-to-build 20-MWp solar project in Bavaria, Germany, which will include a battery energy storage system (BESS). This marks
Jan 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, PV Power Plant, Aukera Energy, Bavaria
Meyer Burger Halts German Plant, Shifts Focus to US
Meyer Burger has announced plans to halt its manufacturing operations in Germany and focus on growth in the US. The company cited the deteriorating market
Jan 18, 2024 // Manufacturing News, USA, Germany, Europe, meyer burger, North America
RWE Breaks Ground on Solar-Plus-Storage at Hambach
a 14.8 MWac/16.5 MWp solar park inside the Hambach opencast mine in Germany’s Rhenish mining region. The project also includes a co-located battery
May 19, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Battery Storage, Europe, BESS, rwe
MaxSolar's 76-MWp Solar Project Energizes Bavaria's Future
MaxSolar GmbH has begun construction on a 76-MWp solar project in Bavaria, Germany. The solar park, located in Amerdingen, is expected to be completed by the end
Jun 10, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Bavaria, MaxSolar GmbH
Greenvolt secures 100MW in German PV auction
secured the right to develop around 100MW in the first solar auction held by Germany this year. Via MaxSolar, it has won a total of 5% of the capacity put up for
Apr 17, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Greenvolt
Sunmaxx Leads Europe with 50-MW PVT Module Factory
50-MW manufacturing plant for photovoltaic-thermal solar modules near Dresden, Germany. This factory in Ottendorf-Okrilla is the largest production site for PVT
Apr 23, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, PV module, Sunmaxx
Sunmaxx Leads Europe with 50-MW PVT Module Factory
50-MW manufacturing plant for photovoltaic-thermal solar modules near Dresden, Germany. This factory in Ottendorf-Okrilla is the largest production site for PVT
Apr 18, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Europe, PV module, Sunmaxx
Volllast and hep Join Forces for 100 MWp Solar Initiative
partnered with local PV specialist Volllast GmbH to develop solar projects in Germany, aiming for an annual connection capacity of 100 MWp. Under the agreement,
Dec 3, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Hep solar, Volllast GmbH
Germany’s Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf II Solar Plant Powers Shell, Finanz Informatik
Germany’s Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf II solar park in northern Brandenburg has begun operations with about 114 MWp capacity. The facility is forecast to produce up to 120,000 MWh of electricity annually, enough for roughly 48,000 households, and to cut around 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Construction started in autumn 2024. DAL Deutsche Anlagen-Leasing holds 50% of the project and arranged external financing with Sparkasse Oberhessen and Ostsaechsische Sparkasse Dresden.Power will be sold via long-term PPAs. Shell Energy Europe signed a 10-year contract covering about 75% of the output from the broader 230-MW Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf complex, comprising two similar projects. Some of the renewable power will feed Shell’s 100-MW REFHYNE 2 electrolyser at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland starting in 2027. Separately, Finanz Informatik secured a 10-year PPA for an additional 20 GWh per year, tripling its contracted solar supply. Its subsidiary will also buy 9 GWh annually under a first German PPA. How will 114 MWp Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf II’s PPAs and emissions cuts impact Germany’s solar output? Long-term PPAs for most of the plant’s output help turn an intermittent resource into bankable, predictable generation, which supports steadier solar dispatch planning across Germany. By securing demand for roughly three-quarters of production for a decade, the contracts reduce market-price risk for the operator and improve the likelihood that additional solar capacity will be built to meet similar contract-backed offtake. The multi-offtaker structure (a large corporate offtaker plus additional buyers tied to separate contracts) spreads offtake risk and makes it more likely that the entire project output is absorbed rather than curtailed in high-generation periods. PPA-backed consumption by an industrial electrolyser increases the role of renewables in Germany’s wider energy transition, indirectly boosting utilization of solar power during daytime generation peaks that otherwise might be constrained. Additional multi-year procurement volumes tied to the broader complex (including the extra contracted energy volumes referenced in the PPAs) increase the effective contribution of the Halenbeck-Rohlsdorf projects to national solar generation totals. Emissions reductions—on the order of tens of thousands of tonnes of CO₂ annually—support Germany’s decarbonisation targets by displacing fossil generation in the grid mix for the contracted energy volumes. Reliable PPA demand can reduce the need for fossil backup specifically during periods when solar output is high, which tends to lower overall carbon intensity of power supplied in those hours. Corporate PPAs that support renewable electricity supply for industrial processes help extend clean power use beyond the grid, strengthening demand signals that can accelerate Germany’s solar pipeline. The project’s forecast annual generation adds meaningful incremental megawatt-hours to Germany’s solar fleet; with PPAs locking in uptake, that incremental generation is more likely to translate into sustained, measurable additions to national solar output over time.
Aug 21, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, shell, Finanz Informatik
MET Group Powers Up First German Solar Farm
energy firm MET Group has commissioned its first solar farm in Germany, an 11.5-MWp facility near Rostock, marking its entry into Europe's largest solar market.
Aug 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, MET Group
R Power goes into German solar market
solar designer R Power has gotten in the Germany solar market having actually signed a cooperation arrangement with a concealed developer for 80MW of
Jul 12, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Przemek Pieta, R Power
Energiekontor Hits FID on 60MW German Solar PV Project
on a 60MW solar park in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in Brandenburg, Germany. The Letschin PV project will generate around 68GWh of green electricity from
Jul 11, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Solar Project, Energiekontor
Asterion Buys German Steag, Bets on Renewables
batteries, solar and wind generation, as well as create new green jobs in Germany’s former coal mining regions Ruhr and Saar. The company has prevailed
Aug 28, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Spain, Europe, Asterion
Lightsource bp, Kajoni Partner on 500-MWp Solar Projects
Energie GmbH to develop a 500-MWp pipeline of utility-scale solar projects in Germany. Announced on Tuesday, the collaboration aims to roll out these projects over
Aug 20, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Lightsource BP, PV Power Plant, Kajoni
Google Powers Dutch PV with EDPR PPA
marks the first PPA secured by Kronos Solar EDPR, a solar developer based in Germany and majority-owned by EDPR. This agreement sends a strong signal for Kronos
Jun 15, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Europe, Netherlands, Google, EDPR, KRONOS