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EIP Boosts Stake in BayWa r.e. with €150M Investment
EIP boosts its stake in BayWa r.e. to 65%, investing EUR 150 million to revitalize the German renewables firm and secure its future in the competitive energy market.
Feb 24, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, baywa r.e., EIP
RWE Launches First 8.3-MW Solar Park in Italy
RWE AG debuts in Italy with an 8.3-MW solar park in Sicily, powering 7,000 homes and boosting Europe's renewable energy landscape.
Feb 26, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, RWE AG
Axpo Begins High-Alpine Solar Build to Power Swiss Rail Network
Axpo starts NalpSolar, an 8 MW alpine PV project in Tujetsch, set to supply Swiss Federal Railways for 20 years under Bern’s Solar Express programme.
May 7, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Axpo, Europe, Switzerland, PV Power Plant, SBB, AlpineSolar
56 MW crossbreed wind-solar plant powers up at Australian golden goose
The distinct solar, wind, as well as battery project has actually been finished at Gold Fields' Agnew Gold Mine, noting Australia's biggest crossbreed microgrid of its kind.
May 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, James Harman, Stuart Mathews
Top Solar Thermal Technology Companies & Stocks
The concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is less popular than solar PV so far. Anyway, solar thermal tech is being introduced into many new applications,
Jan 26, 2025
An industrial bifacial HJT solar cell with 24.1% performance
The cell is being made by Switzerland-headquartered Ecosolifer with a production line offered by heterojunction expert Meyer Burger at a 100 MW manufacturing facility situated in Hungary. The asserted effectiveness is yet to be validated by an independent celebration.
Mar 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Hungary, bifacial, Europe, solar cell, meyer burger, Ecosolifer, HJT
Research Firm Predicts Thin Film Solar Cell Market To Reach $25.3 Billion by 2030
While effectiveness of thin film solar cells is lower than conventional mono or bifacial cells, they do provide benefits in maintainance and also installment, besides even more flexibility.
Jun 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, First Solar, Waaree Energies, growth rate, Allied Market Research, Market Share, thin film solar
Researchers in Germany Create Cost-effective Solar Cell Deposition Method
Scientists led by the Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany assert that if silicon dioxide (SiO2) films are transferred at space temperature without intricate vacuum systems, they can be an excellent, cost-effective prospect for usage in commercial c-Si solar cell assembly line. SiO2 deposition is utilized as a passivation layer or a protective layer in different kinds of silicon PV cells.
Jun 9, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, solar cells, Europe, photovoltaics, silicon dioxide films, Technical University of Ilmenau
Prime Capital Buys 170-MWh Pyhasalmi Battery Project
Prime Capital snaps up 85‑MW/170‑MWh Pyhäsalmi BESS for €5.5m, with profit‑share to July 2027, bolstering SENS’s big‑battery strategy for Finland’s grid services.
Mar 11, 2026 // Storage, Europe, Finland, Prime Capital
Enercity, Kraken Team Up for Germany Virtual Plant
Enercity teams up with Kraken to build Germany’s virtual power plant, uniting batteries, flexible loads and generation—optimizing market participation and grid balancing as renewables expand.
Jun 8, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Enercity, Kraken
EnBW Launches Construction of 87.6-MW Solar Park
EnBW lights up Brandenburg with an 87.6-MW solar park, promising clean energy for 35,000 homes by 2024—reviving history while paving the way for a sustainable future.
Nov 8, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, enbw, Solar Park
Kaneka establishes perovskite/heterojunction crystalline silicon tandem solar cells with 29.2% effectiveness
Japan-based chemicals business, Kaneka, has actually reported the design of a two-terminal (2T) perovskite-crystalline tandem solar cell making use of a 145 μm thick commercial Czochralski (CZ) silicon wafer.
May 15, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, solar cells, Asia, perovskite, Kaneka, efficiency
Greece to mount 3 GW of solar in mining areas
Greece has actually revealed strategies to mount 2 PV projects at extracting websites. The setups belong to the nationwide utility's brand-new method, in accordance with the nation's initiatives to terminate coal.
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Greece, pv power plants, Europe, George Stassis, Kostis Hatzidakis
Greek completes PV tender with record-breaking EUR0.04911/ kWh toll
Greece held its last round of renewable resource tenders in Athens on Thursday, leading to the most affordable toll ever before granted to a renewable resource project in the nation.
Apr 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Greece, tender, Europe
Most affordable Bid of $0.01332/ kWh Reported in Chile's Renewables Public auction
The National Energy Commission of Chile (CNE) held a 2.31 TWh/year renewable resource auction recently, in which the lowest bid was submitted for $0.01332/ kWh for a solar PV project.
Sep 2, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, auction, paris agreement, National Electric System, National Energy Commission of Chile, CNE