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RWE, PPC secure funding for 691MW solar project in Greece
will be developed by Meton Energy, a joint venture between RWE Renewables Europe & Australia and PPC Renewables, on a former lignite surface mine in
Apr 8, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, rwe, PV Power Plant, PPC
European Energy Starts Sicily’s 225.5-MW Agrivoltaic Park
European Energy has broken ground on a 225.5-MW agrivoltaic solar project in Sicily, expected to become Italy’s largest of its kind. The Danish renewable developer said construction has started on the photovoltaic facility that will co-locate power generation with ongoing farming activities.The company said the model will help preserve agricultural productivity while adding large-scale clean electricity on the same land area. Agrivoltaics are gaining attention across Europe as governments try to expand renewables without sacrificing land-use goals or food production. European Energy said the project aligns with Italy’s renewable targets and reflects the growing role of integrated solar infrastructure in the energy transition.
What makes European Energy’s Sicily 225.5-MW agrivoltaic project Italy’s largest?
At 225.5 MW, European Energy’s Sicily project is poised to be the highest-capacity agrivoltaic solar development on record in Italy, based on its planned power output.
It is designed as a true “dual-use” site: photovoltaic generation is planned to operate alongside active agriculture rather than replacing farmland with a solar-only footprint.
Agrivoltaics are increasingly attractive in Europe because they support two policy priorities at once—expanding renewable electricity and protecting productive land—making larger, utility-scale agrivoltaic projects stand out.
By co-locating solar infrastructure with farming, the project targets a key challenge for renewable growth in densely utilized agricultural regions: adding clean generation without permanently reducing agricultural potential.
The approach reflects a broader shift in the energy transition toward integrated land-use solutions, where solar plants are planned with agricultural operations in mind from the outset (not as an afterthought).
Sicily’s agricultural landscape provides a high-value setting for agrivoltaic deployment, helping demonstrate that large projects can be engineered to coexist with field activity.
The “largest” designation is also driven by what comes with that scale—utility-grade development processes, grid planning, and construction execution sized for major clean-power delivery while maintaining agricultural use.
European Energy’s move to break ground signals investor and developer confidence in agrivoltaic viability at scale, which is still relatively rare compared with conventional ground-mount solar.
The project is intended to support Italy’s wider renewable deployment goals while also aligning with the growing expectation that new capacity should meet land-use and food-security considerations.
May 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Italy, Europe, agrivoltaics, european energy
Ignitis Group gets 170MW Polish solar portfolio
Renewables subsidiary, represents the largest solar park deal in Central Europe this year, the firms claimed.
SIG is due to complete the turnkey profile of
Sep 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Poland, IPO, Europe, Lithuania, Deividas Varabauskas, Sun Investment Group, ignitis group, sig
Talga brings ABB into European battery manufacturing facility as well as mine project
an ABB agent claimed the site was, "most importantly, close to emerging European battery gigafactories currently under advancement".
Earlier this year, the
Dec 14, 2020 // Storage, ABB, Sweden, Europe, lithium-ion battery, Talga Group, Memorandum of Understanding, Björn Jonsson
Denmark poised for multi-gigawatt solar boom in coming decades
solar surge expected to hit Europe in the coming decades could extend to one of the continent’s northernmost countries, new official stats indicate.
Sep 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, solar pv, Europe, auction, Denmark, market forecast, dea,
Akuo enlists crowdfunding partner for 17MWp floating project in France
Ciel & Terre’s Hydrelio platforms are manufactured at factories in Europe, China, India, the US, Brazil and other countries and regions.
The
Oct 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, akuo, Allianz Crowdlending
NextEra and Southern Company Rank as Largest Solar Owners Outside China
closely by the 2.2 gigawatts owned by Italy’s Enel Green Power — the only Europe-based company in the top 10. More than 80 percent of Enel Green Power’s solar
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, SOUTHERN COMPANY, Italy, Wood Mackenzie, China, Duke Energy, Europe, Asia, enel green power, North America, NextEra Energy, Dominion Resources, Rishab Shrestha, Tom Heggarty
GCL-SI bags A bankability score at PV ModuleTech 2019
shipments should account for 80% of the total. Target regions include Western Europe, Japan and South Korea.
The firm’s CEO, Eric Luo, caught up with PV
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Malaysia, China, Asia, Eric Luo, ModuleTech, GCL-SI
IFC launches $50 million climate-smart leasing project in Ukraine
IFC hopes that the cash injection will ultimately help bolster the Eastern European country’s climate finance markets.
Ukraine’s aging power market
Oct 31, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Ukraine, Europe, world bank, international finance corporation, Scaling Solar, Kosovo, otp leasing
Meyer Burger to get in United States market with Heterojunction solar panels in 2021
are achieved.
Originally, Meyer Burger intended to concentrate on the European market in 2021, having just 400MW of annual nameplate ability yet a
Mar 11, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, meyer burger, North America, heterojunction solar cell
BayWa r.e. expands agroPV project in the Netherlands to shield plants from extreme weather
r.e. is presently working together with fruit manufacturers throughout Europe to develop agroPV projects with an overall capacity of 35MWp by 2022, while
Mar 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Europe, Netherlands, baywa r.e., Agriculture, agrophotovoltaics, Stephan Schindele, groenleven group, Rini Kusters
Nextracker Awarded Master Supply Agreement by Solaria to Supply 125 MW of Smart Solar Trackers Across Spain
Marco Garcia, Chief Commercial Officer and also General Manager for Nextracker Europe. "By picking our leading NX Horizon modern technology, Solaria has actually
Mar 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, solaria, Nextracker, nx horizon, solar tracker technology
Battery Resourcers Safeguards $70 M to Expand Recycling Tech
plants that will certainly be operational in the UNITED STATE as well as in Europe by the end of 2022.
Hitachi Ventures came to be the most recent financier to
Sep 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Battery Resourcers, Hitachi Ventures, lithium-ion battery recycling, Michael O'Kronley, Tobias Jahn
EIB must increase energy transition investments, claims European Council
a meeting last week to review the current spike in energy costs, the European Council, which includes the presidents or government of the European Union's
Oct 25, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, power purchase agreement, SolarPower Europe, European Union, european investment bank, eib, eurpoe
REC Group scaling up HJT module manufacturing in Singapore with new launch
600MW for the company's latest line, the Alpha Pure-R.
Launched at Intersolar Europe last month for property applications, the module features 80 half-cut HJT
Jun 9, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Residential, India, Asia, REC Group, Singapore, module manufacturing, HJT, product launch, intersolar europe 2022











