solar parks

CEO Talk: Utility-scale solar projects across Europe are under growing cost pressure, even as expectations around yield, grid integration and long-term profitability continue to rise. Which new ideas boost project value, and which innovations matter most to the market? Let‘s find out.

All four nationally significant schemes decided last month won consent, adding close to 2 GW. Each comes with batteries, and one will reuse a closed coal plant’s grid capacity.

Energiepark Witznitz: at 650 MW, the solar park south of Leipzig is one of the largest in Europe. Register now to download our special edition free of charge. Investor newsletter subscribers receive it straight in their inbox.

CEO Talk: ENTEGRO develops, plans and implements PV projects for companies and investors. Driven by the ambition to always be one idea better, the company consistently pushes innovation, efficiency and project quality. What this means in practice, and how it translates into real economic advantages, is revealed in a behind-the-scenes look.

CEO Talk: The project business revolves around modules, inverters and mounting systems. Small components such as cable ties, connectors or protective conduits for wiring are often neglected. Sooner or later, such oversights will come back to haunt you. We find out why.

An 800 MWh reserve that can respond in a fraction of a second is now under construction for PGE at Gryfino, in the north-west corner of Poland, with operation due in 2028.

With land for solar in short supply, developers are moving onto reservoirs and quarry lakes. Cooler modules lift yields, but higher costs and patchy regulation are still slowing the sector down.

As land for solar runs short, developers are turning to reservoirs and quarry lakes. Higher yields help the case, but costs and regulation still hold projects back, Aditi Jaiswal of Consegic Business Intelligence elaborates.

Solar park construction is picking up pace worldwide, but the bottleneck is not materials or components. It is land, grid connection points and the people to do the work. Sign up for our investor newsletter to receive this digital edition directly.

Investing in solar parks, expansive rooftop systems and cutting-edge battery storage requires patience and a genuinely long-term outlook. Such projects are generally designed to run for twenty years or more, making it crucial to safeguard them against a broad spectrum of risks over their lifespan – an important issue that is still too often neglected.

The cooling towers at West Burton in the Midlands of England have gone quiet, but the connections to the national network remain. RES’s newly consented Steeple solar farm is part of a wider shift towards former power station sites.

Rezolv Energy has signed up to €561 million in loans from 14 lenders, anchored by the EIB, for a plant whose output would equal 36 percent of Romania's 2025 solar generation.

Rezolv Energy has secured approval for its Dama Solar project near the Hungarian border, the final step towards what would be the largest solar plant in the European Union.

AMPYR Distributed Energy has acquired 17 operational solar sites totalling 70 MW from TotalEnergies, including a Belgian floating solar park it describes as the largest of its kind in Europe for industrial self-consumption.

Solar park construction is picking up pace worldwide. The bottleneck isn't materials or components, but land, grid connection points and people. Our next newsletter for investors will be published on August 12, 2026.

BRIZO's flexible tensioning system is designed for coastal and near-shore sites, extending floating PV beyond the calm-water lakes most systems rely on today.

The east-west oriented installation will be built for developer Novar, spanning more than six kilometres across the Dutch municipality.

AlphaReal has acquired Trinity Hall Solar Farm from European Energy, taking on the operational 15 MW Bedfordshire project complete with a long-term corporate power purchase agreement.

CEO Talk: Uniper brings decades of experience in the energy sector. But what role can such a strong partner play in the solar park and battery storage business? And how important is this expertise in integrating renewable energies into supply systems? Let’s find out.

Aerosols from fossil generation cost the world 111 TWh of PV electricity in 2023, a 5.8% shortfall that wipes out nearly a third of annual capacity gains, UK researchers find.

Industrial self-consumption is advancing as a use case for floating solar, as demonstrated by a new installation in the Dutch province of Drenthe.

The Hultsfred solar park is now operational, with Soltech supporting commissioning for Danish energy company Nordic Solar and ensuring integration and final system checks.

Skyworth PV is advancing a project in Ocre, Italy, into construction while progressing a Bordeaux scheme, as the company builds a European pipeline focused on distributed solar and local partnerships.

CCE Holding has revamped one of its earliest photovoltaic assets in Francavilla, Apulia. Rene Hörwertner, Director Asset Operation, shares key lessons from the 990 kW IGEP plant.

The Danish renewable developer has thrown the switch on the 108 MW Lancaster solar park in Victoria, as European developers deepen their presence in Australia’s utility-scale solar market.