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R.Power has been awarded a large-scale PV farm project in Spain with a capacity of 65 MW with an expected particularly high yield. The energy will be sold via a PPA.

Corab might be best known as a PV-component wholesaler based in Poland. The roots of the company lie in the production of mounting systems. Currently, the company is capable of an output of over four Gigawatt per year. One of the newest developments in mounting system techniques from Corab are agri-pv-systems. We talked about the role of this new development with Barbara Michalowska, Agri-PV Manager at CORAB S.A.

Energy farm Witznitz: With an output of 650 megawatts, the solar park south of Leipzig, Germany, represents a milestone for the project business. Register and download our special edition for free! Subscribers of our investors newsletter get it delivered directly to their desk.

After a boom, the Polish photovoltaic market has cooled significantly in 2023. But that's no reason to panic. Demand is still strong, but different from previous years, explains Michal Marona.

Opera Solar announces partnership with Sharp Energy Solutions Europe. This cooperation aims to transform the energy supply, starting with two projects in Hungary and Slovakia.

Danish State Railways (DSB) has signed an agreement with the European Energy that ensures the construction of a new solar park in Eastern Denmark. DSB will purchase part of the produced electricity.

MET Energía España, has signed two long-term PPAs. MET will buy the electricity from a solar park from Prosolia Energy to supply Atlantic Copper, the second largest copper producer in the world, with solar power via the distributor Fortia Energía.

Photon Energy's Hungarian subsidiary has completed the construction of a 658 kW PV power plant and has commenced operation. This is based on a 20-year PPA with Clarion Hungary, a subsidiary of Forvia, the seventh largest automotive technology supplier in the world.

Faerch, a leading Finish supplier of circular food packaging with integrated recycling capability, has signed its second 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Better Energy.This contributes to realize a new solar park.

High-quality components were installed in a large residential complex in Malmö, Sweden, to reduce energy costs. The payback is achieved within four to five years. Basis of success: excellent cooperation with suppliers.

A farmer in Pyhra, Lower Austria, has covered part of his berry plantation with semi-transparent modules. This has advantages and the neighbourhood also benefits.

Q ENERGY announced the debt financial close of its “Les Ilots Blandin” project for a total amount of EUR 50.4m, arranged by Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies, through its financing arm Unifergie, and Bpifrance.

Trina Solar has delivered 140 MW of its Vertex dual-glass bifacial modules to Karavasta Solar in Albania on behalf of Voltalia. The project will be the largest of its kind in the Western Balkans.

Supported by the EBRD, Romania has this week launched a Contract for Difference (CfD) mechanism for the construction of renewable energy installations and opened the first auction for 1.5 GW of renewable energy generation capacities – 500 MW of solar PV and 1 GW of onshore wind.

International solar developer ib vogt has signed a virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Corning Incorporated for a capacity of 88.78 MW. The deal will supply electricity from the Pato solar power farm, located in the eastern region of Segovia, Spain, to the grid.

Highfield Solar has secured project financing to fund the construction and operation of two additional PV projects with a total capacity of 132 MW. Since July 2021, Highfield Solar has secured over €400 million in cumulative debt funding for more than 600 MW of solar projects in Ireland.

DRI, part of the Ukraine-based DTEK group, has taken an important next step on its 133 MW 4h (532 MWh) battery storage project in Trzebinia, Poland, by acquiring 100% of the shares from Columbus Energy.

It will be about solar parks with large storage systems. These combined power plants allow for interesting business models and are becoming the standard in project business. Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest specialist information on your desk.

Actis-backed Rezolv Energy has selected three companies – CMC Europe, Solarpro and Green Solar Energy – to build the 229 MW ‘St. George’ solar park in Silistra Municipality in Northeastern Bulgaria.

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg is starting to market 100,000 tons of green ammonia from the Skipavika Green Ammonia (SkiGA) project in western Norway, making it one of the first suppliers of the green hydrogen derivative on the market.

Large storage systems are the recent trend in the market for big solar projects. But the planning and the installing is much more complicated than it is said. Now we learn from Michael Hierholzer how important a strong and reliable partner is. He is working for Rolls Royce and outspoken expert in this field.

Econergy Group signed a financing agreement as well as a route-to-market agreement with Goldman Sachs through Econergy UK to support the Swangate Project with an installed battery capacity of 102MWh. Connection to he electricity grid is expected by end of 2024.

Joachim Goldbeck, the founder and CEO of the Goldbeck Solar Group, analyzes the prospects for the project business. He assesses potential markets and explains in an interview why he already has upcoming investments in Ukraine on his radar.

In 2023, 4.6 GW of photovoltaic power were newly installed in Poland. This puts the country in fourth place in Europe after Germany, Spain and Italy. Tobias Schuessler is Managing Director of Goldbeck Solar Polska. He analyses the prospects and the challenges.