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Extra utilities bypassing natural gas bridge and going straight to renewables
Utilities that are transitioning far from coal are beginning to see the development of a gas "bridge" to renewable resource as an unneeded step.
Jul 2, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America
Can Renewables Restart the Grid? The UK Investigates
Far from bringing the grid down, clean energy could help save it.
Jan 21, 2020 // Market Research, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Distributed ReStart
Iberdrola produces JV with insurance policy company to invest in 1GW of Spanish renewables
Iberdrola has created a critical partnership with insurance company Mapfre that will initially purchase 230MW of clean energy projects in Spain, consisting of 130MW of solar PV.
Apr 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, Battery Storage, Iberdrola, Europe, joint venture, utility, data centres, Merlin Properties, Jakob Carnemark
Renewables Can Lower Energy Costs as well as Boost Energy Security in Antigua and Barbuda
IRENA report shows renewable generation, green hydrogen and EVs are the most cost-efficient energy method for the Caribbean island
Mar 11, 2021 // Market Research, IRENA, green hydrogen, Francesco La Camera, EVs, Molwyn M. Joseph
Renewables can fulfill all electricity demand in Australia at certain times of day by 2025
Accelerating release of utility-scale solar as well as wind means much of Australia can have adequate eco-friendly generation to fulfill 100% of consumer demand at specific times of the day by 2025.
Aug 31, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, AEMO, NEM, rooftop PV, Oceania, Daniel Westerman
New floating solar research demonstrates water quality improvements
by a number of principals in the renewables field over the past few years. EDF Renewables started building of its first floating solar project in southeastern France,
Mar 26, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, EDP Renewables, fpv, EDF Renewables, white pine
New reduced solar price in Greece but capability fails once again as parliament passes EUR100m EV subsidy plan
The rate tariff agreed by German business ABO Wind for two 10 MW solar projects in Igoumenitsa was available in a tender which alloted just 142 MW of generation ability, well except the hoped-for 482 MW. It is really hoped a slimline licensing process, to be used in the next purchase round, will address the problem.
Jul 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Tariffs, Greece, tender, Europe, ABO Wind, Kostas Karamanlis
EIP Seeks 80% Stake in BayWa's Renewables Division
Energy Infrastructure Partners is set to raise its stake in BayWa's renewables unit to 80%, injecting €200 million amid financial turmoil and strategic restructuring efforts.
Oct 14, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, BayWa, Energy Infrastructure Partners
France set up 379 MW of PV in H1
France's advancing PV capability got to 10.3 GW at the end of June. Solar produced 6.7 TWh of power in the initial half of 2020, compared to 5.9 TWh throughout the exact same duration in 2019, representing 3.0% of French power intake.
Aug 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe
Top-list of utility-scale solar developers
Buoyant market attracts multi-national utilities
Nov 18, 2020 // Market Research, USA, Japan, Scatec Solar, France, Italy, EDF, Engie, Enel, Europe, Asia, neoen, North America, AES, frv, shell, NextEra Energy, juwi, Enerparc, Softbank, Indian Azure, BayWa re., Philip Wolfe
Saudi Arabia launches 1.2 GW solar tender
With the third procurement round of the kingdom’s National Renewable Energy Program, the Renewable Energy Project Development Office is tendering four large-scale solar projects. Successful bidders will have to include at least 17% local content in their facilities.
Jan 9, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, tender, Asia, REPDO
GIG reaches economic close on 40MW UK battery energy storage site
Macquarie's Green Investment Group has gotten to economic close on its initial UK battery energy storage system (BESS).
Dec 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, BESS, Green Investment Group, Edward Northam
German developer wpd take advantage of Greek renewables market with 345MW solar pipeline
German renewables developer wpd has introduced a 345MW solar development pipe to use the growing Greek renewables market.
May 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Germany, Europe, Wpd, Blue Elephant Energy
SK E&S spends US$ 300-400m in LS Power's REV Renewables
South Korean tidy energy business SK E&S has spent US$ 300-400 million in LS Power's newly launched REV Renewables that will certainly speed up the development of its portfolio of renewable power and also power storage projects.
Oct 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, South Korea, Asia, North America, LS Power, Rev Renewables, SK E&S
Record 45GW of renewables capacity to be auctioned in Europe this year
This year is readied to be a record-breaker for renewables auctions in Europe, as countries across the continent look to increase clean energy deployment to get to 2030 exhausts reductions targets.
Jan 8, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Wood Mackenzie, tender, auctions, Europe, Rory McCarthy, Flexibility, renewables auction