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Statkraft, Gresham House Seal 412-MW Battery Optimisation PPA Portfolio Deal
Statkraft UK inks revenue-floor PPAs to optimise Gresham House’s 412 MW battery fleet, guaranteeing income and boosting its third-party storage portfolio beyond 3 GW.
Jul 25, 2025 // Storage, UK, Europe, BESS, Gresham House, Statkraft UK
NLC India Seals PPA for 810-MW Solar Park in Rajasthan
NLC India lands 20-year PPA with RVUNL for an 810 MW solar park in Rajasthan, set to generate 2 billion kWh yearly and cut 1.5 MtCO₂.
May 7, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, PV Power Plant, NLC India
Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5% effectiveness
The existing globe record of tandem solar cells containing a silicon bottom cell as well as a perovskite top cell has once again been broken at HZB. The new tandem solar cell converts 32.5% of the case solar radiation right into electric power.
Dec 20, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, efficiency, HZB, Steve Albrecht
Neoen starts deal with 200MW Australian battery
Construction of the Western Downs Battery has actually got underway in south west Queensland
Dec 29, 2022 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, neoen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Xavier Barbaro, Louis de Sambucy, UGL
L&G NTR Acquire Three Solar Energy Projects Of 115 MWp In Spain
The three solar energy projects, 2 of which lie in Castilla la Mancha and also the third in Andalusia, collectively amount to 115 MWp output set up.
The portfolio of 3 projects is the very first acquisition for the fund.
Jan 5, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Benedikt Ortmann, BayWa, NTR, Anthony Doherty, Bill Hughes, L&G NTR Clean Power Fund, Legal & General Investment Management
BayWa r.e., Statkraft team up for Spanish subsidy-free solar successor
Two sponsors of one of Spain’s iconic subsidy-free plants have sealed a deal to deploy a smaller successor in the same area, planned again without support from government money.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, pv power plants, solar pv, Europe, subsidy-free solar, baywa r.e., Dr Benedikt Ortmann
Space age solar solution moves toward production
A consortium of European research institutes has received €10.6 million in EU funding to establish pilot production of a high efficiency module concept developed by Swiss startup Insolight. The module combines high efficiency multijunction cells with a solar concentrator lens and has previously demonstrated 29% efficiency.
Sep 4, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, PV module, European Union, CSEM, Insolight, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laurent Coulot
Study: Germany needs clean energy surge to replace coal, nuclear
Germany must embrace renewables and energy storage at an unprecedented scale if it hopes to offset the void left behind by coal and nuclear phase-outs, a new study has said.
Sep 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Germany, Europe, subsidies, bsw, zero-subsidy pv, Carsten Körnig
Trina Solar including considerable solar cell as well as module capability for large location 'Vertex' series
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) member Trina Solar is intending its initial major solar cell manufacturing expansion over the last few years, driven by its movement to large-area PV modules making use of the 210mm wafer dimension as it ramps manufacturing of its high-performance mainstream 'Vertex' Series modules in 2021 onwards.
Aug 20, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, pv modules, Thailand, c-si manufacturing, Asia, Trina Solar, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, Vietnam
Solar perovskite start-up Evolar bags brand-new financial investment to target rapid commercialisation
Solar perovskite start-up Evolar has actually sourced investment from Norwegian renewables investor Magnora as it targets rapid commercialisation of the technology.
Nov 17, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, perovskite, thin film, Solibro, r&d, Tandem cells, evolar, magnora, Norwegia, Erik Sneve, Haakon Alfstad
Testing floating PV with tracking systems
French water management agency Société du Canal de Provence (SCP) is planning an innovative floating project to test its combination with a solar tracking system. The 250 kW project was awarded a fixed tariff in a special tender for innovative PV projects held by The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) in February 2018. The plant will be deployed on a water surface managed by SCP in Southern France.
Jan 29, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, tender, floating PV, Europe, SCP
Silicon heterojunction solar cell hits 23.5% performance with brand-new hole-selective get in touch with
Scientists from Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have actually utilized molybdenum oxide as the hole-selective call in an heterojuction silicon cell. The researchers declare the substance can take on conventional get in touches with in spite of a reduced degree of optimization.
Feb 10, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, solar cell, heterojunction, silicon, Switzerland, EPFL
Storage space dominates in France's capability public auction
The Ministry for the Ecological and also Inclusive Transition's long-lasting public auction was arranged by grid driver RTE under the French ability purchase system. Storage space made up 253 MW of the ability designated in the public auction, which was open to all decarbonizing innovations.
Feb 28, 2020 // Storage, France, Europe, auction
One more 30 MW of floating solar all set in France
The neighborhood of Châteauneuf-du-Rhône, in the French division of Drôme, has actually signified its authorization of a floating PV project sent by the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône which still calls for a license from the preparation authorities.
Mar 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Nicolas Dalisson
France makes 44 GW solar target authorities
Today's version of the Official Journal of the French Republic included 2 long-awaited mandates: One worrying the multi-year power program as well as one more on nationwide carbon budget plans and also the state's low-carbon approach.
Apr 23, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Policy, France, Europe











