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York council approves Aukera’s 250-megawatt Yorkshire battery storage project today
Aukera Energy won planning consent for a 249.9-MW battery in North Yorkshire, adding flexible capacity that supports solar and wind on Britain’s grid.
Sep 19, 2025 // Storage, UK, Europe, Yorkshire, Aukera, planning
Chint and Voltis launch 5-GW UK renewables and storage venture
Chint Solar and London-based Voltis formed a joint venture to develop roughly 5 GW of UK solar and battery storage, targeting bankable, grid-friendly projects.
Oct 3, 2025 // Plants, UK, Europe, Chint Solar, Voltis
SMA Solar proclaims 1.6 GW of inverter sales to Australian PV nuclear power plant in 2020
Major PV inverter supplier SMA Solar Technology claimed it would be providing around 1.6 GW of main inverters to PV power plant projects in Australia in 2020, representing a market share of roughly 65 percent of a total of 6.5 GW being released.
Dec 22, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Australia, pv power plants, SMA, Oceania
Maxwell, SunDrive claim HJT cell 'innovation' after recording 26.07% performance in mass production setting
Heterojunction (HJT) devices producer Maxwell Technologies and also Australian solar innovation startup SunDrive have actually claimed a breakthrough in mass production HJT technology after recording a conversion effectiveness of 26.07% with a commercial-size solar PV cell.
Mar 18, 2022 // Technology, heterojunction, testing, heterojunction solar cell, HJT, maxwell technologies, cell efficiency, SunDrive, efficiency record
Pattern Energy confirms takeover interest
Energy developer Pattern Energy confirmed on Tuesday that it is courting potential takeover suitors, but that so far no agreement or arrangement had been reached.
Aug 14, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, ssfusa, pattern energy, terraform power, brookfield asset mangement, mergers and acquisitions
Researchers determine as well as clear efficiency hurdle for organic solar cells
Scientists have identified an essential device responsible for the reduced effectiveness of organic solar cells and revealed a way that this hurdle might be conquered.
Sep 30, 2021 // Technology, UK, Europe, efficiency, University of Cambridge, organic solar cells, Alexander Gillett
Econergy Secures €32M for UK Battery Storage Project
Econergy secures €32 million from Goldman Sachs for its Yorkshire battery project, boosting renewable energy ambitions in Europe with a 102 MWh capacity system set for 2024.
Sep 4, 2024 // Storage, UK, Europe, Econergy
Indus Towers Acquires Stake in 50-MW Solar Project
Indus Towers expands its green footprint by acquiring a 26% stake in Amplus Tungabhadra, propelling its commitment to renewable energy and a sustainable future.
Feb 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, PV Power Plant, Indus Towers
Philadelphia Solar finishes manufacturing of solar panels for Al Husainiyah project
Philadelphia solar, solar panel and also steel mounting structure maker, it is the first MEA-based company that produces, creates, layouts, constructs, owns as well as operates utility-scale business as well as commercial photovoltaic or pv plants. Al Husainiyah nuclear power plant with a cost of $74 million, 50 MW greenfield solar park located in Ma'an Governorate (200 kilometres south of Amman) in Jordan.
Jan 20, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Commercial, Jordan, Asia, utility-scale, philadelphia solar, PV Power Plant
European Commission launches consultation ahead of solar strategy expose
The European Commission has actually introduced a public consultation on solar power on the continent as it continues preparations to publish its solar strategy later this year.
Jan 24, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Europe, european commission
Sembcorp bags 150MW UK battery contract
15-year contract safeguarded in provisional results for the T-4 2025/26 Capacity Market auction
Feb 24, 2022 // Storage, Sembcorp Energy UK, SEUK, Andy Koss
German PV tender ends with most affordable price of EUR0.0490/ kWh.
The country's most current tech-specific PV tender was oversubscribed, however the final prices are somewhat lower than those videotaped in the last purchase round.
Jul 31, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, Julia Verlinden
Spain's Audax records 18% profit growth in Q1 2023
Spanish renewables firm and also power and gas provider Audax Renovables SA (BME: ADX) said it had actually raised the first-quarter net profit by 18% year-on-year to EUR 2.39 million (USD 2.6 m), in spite of a decrease in revenues because of declining energy prices in the markets in which it runs.
May 15, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, audax
Oman invites legal consultancy offers for 500-MW Ibri III solar project
The Oman Power as well as Water Procurement Company (OPWP) is seeking a counsel for the growth of the 500-MW Ibri III solar energy plant that is intended to go online in the northwest of the country by the last quarter of 2026.
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, Asia, Oman, Solar Project
The First Phase of the Transition is About Electricity, Not Primary Energy
This article first appeared in the January 2020 edition of Papeles de Energia with the title “Perspective on the Energy Transition”. It was
Jan 31, 2020 // Opinions, Market Research, First Solar, Seb Henbest











