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Germany to increase solar PV deployment on agricultural land
farming, climate and atmosphere will certainly see agriPV plants advertised by Germany's Renewable Energy Act (EEG), allowing land to be utilized for both power
Feb 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Germany, Europe, Agriculture, bsw, agriPV
Germany's Rhenish mining area to go greener
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as a team of municipalities as well as energy firms plan to greater than double the capacity for sustainable power generation in the Rhenish lignite mining location to 5 GW by 2028 as well as push the expansion of green power for heating.
Mar 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Germany, Europe, mining
Kosovo intending solar project with funding support from Germany
satisfied today with representatives of German development bank KfW and also Germany's ambassador to Kosovo, Jörn Rohde. In a Twitter message, Rohde stated
Mar 28, 2022 // Plants, KFW, Kosovo, balkans
Signal Iduna buys 650-MW solar project in Germany
German insurance and also monetary company Signal Iduna has obtained a 650-MW subsidy-free solar project that will certainly be improved a former brown coal opencast mine near the city of Leipzig.
Jun 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Solar Project, Signal Iduna
Germany to remove tax hurdles to rooftop solar expansion
The German federal government on Wednesday approved a draft regulation to remove tax as well as bureaucratic hurdles to the setup of small solar systems on domestic and commercial properties in a further effort to promote the expansion of renewable energy.
Sep 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe
Germany set up 380 MW of solar in April
the year, compared to around 1.6 GW in the exact same duration of in 2014, and Germany's total to around 50.46 GW at the end of April. Federal preacher of economics,
Jun 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, covid-19
Germany's untapped potential for porch PV panels
Germany's wealthiest and also most dynamic state, North Rhine-Westphalia, uses terrific potential for veranda solar components that feed the electricity generated straight into the residential network by means of outlets. According to quotes by the North Rhine-Westphalia consumer organization (VZ NRW), it is feasible to set up greater than a million modules of this kind across the region. A comparable quantity of panels would be enough to create 290 gigawatt hrs of electricity each year. In its calculation, the consumer organization considered specifically those buildings that are not ideal for a roof PV system. Moreover, the VZ NRW asserted that a porch module, with an in advance investment of EUR350 to EUR500, can give power with an existing value of EUR54 annually, supplied it is installed on a south exterior under optimal conditions. That results in a payback period of six to nine years. The requirement for this, nonetheless, is that the electrical power is utilized entirely by the user. In order to inspect exactly how the distribution network operators manage the balcony components, VZ NRW accomplished a survey among local representatives. "Overall, we are seeing a growing visibility to this type of option amongst network drivers," claimed VZ NRW CEO Wolfgang Schuldzinski. "But we likewise see that a few of the companies still call for extremely intricate files for the mandatory enrollment of plug-in solar tools, which are in fact meant for large roofing system systems. Or they attempt to charge a meter exchange fee." Regional Environment and also Consumer Protection Minister Ursula Heinen-Esser thinks about veranda components an intriguing innovation. "For the many lessees in North Rhine-Westphalia in particular, plug-in photovoltaics are an excellent way to reduce their own electricity costs as well as at the same time eliminate the environment. Numerous occupant houses can-- with the authorization of the landlord-- simply take the initiative and also make sure a clean power future directly from the terrace," she claimed.
Aug 12, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Germany, PV panels, Europe, Wolfgang Schuldzinski
Another record year for small-sized solar in Germany
Germany may see the release of around 800 MW of PV systems not going beyond 10 kW in dimension until now this year, according to EUPD Research. If this result is attained, this year may also exceed record year 2011.
Aug 13, 2020 // Residential, Market Research, Germany, Europe, EuPD Research
BayWa r.e. draws out installing system division novotegra
under the product name of 'tegra'. This eventually became novotegra in 2007. Germany renewables company BayWa r.e. said the spin-out would leave novotegra well
Feb 17, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, baywa r.e., mounting systems, novotegra, Thomas Pfaff
Juwi merges with wind developer Windwärts Energie
under the name JUWI as they plan to increase renewables implementation in Germany as well as choose markets in various other countries. The modification in the
Jul 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, EPC, wind, m&a, juwi, developer, merger
MEC Group Acquires 51% Stake in EnergieSun
to the energy sector, having sold a 529 MWp bundle of solar projects in Germany to EDF Renewables earlier this year. The financial details of the transaction
Dec 27, 2023 // Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe, MEC Group, EnergieSun
Fraunhofer Institute produces efficient solar cell 'recycling' process
PV recycling sector, the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP in Germany has created a solution to recycle PV modules on an industrial scale as well as
Feb 10, 2022 // Technology, Germany, India, PV, Fraunhofer, Europe, Asia, solar cell, recycling, PV cells, Dold
Vattenfall-Deutsche Telekom bargain brings increase to German solar PPA scene
be the offtaker for a 60MW PV project Vattenfall will certainly be funding in Germany's northeast, the utility stated in a declaration today. The setup, prepared
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, corporate ppa, solar ppa, solar ppas, deutsche telekom
German mining area to come to be green powerhouse with 7 GW of wind, solar
EUR 10 billion (USD 9.7 bn) and will certainly develop lots of jobs in eastern Germany. The initiative called the GigawattFactory existed by LEAG's president
Sep 30, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG, LEAG
Chint launches a 103MW solar project in Netherlands
thousand solar modules for the project were made by Astronergy, Chint’s Germany-based unit which stopped manufacture in Germany half a year ago. The
Dec 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, pv modules, Europe, Netherlands, Chint Solar