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The two companies have signed a short-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the electricity from two EDF solar power plants in the Viotia region.
The updated European Long Term Investment Fund regulation broadens access to solar projects for institutional and private investors, while PPAs now offer returns independent of public subsidies.
Market players and policy-makers agree: To ensure a robust expansion of renewables, there must be more private-sector market mechanisms. The goal: fewer tenders and feed-in tariffs, and more direct power purchase agreements between electricity suppliers and consumers.
Global energy major EDP generates over 41 terawatt hours of renewable energy each year. Around a fifth of supply contracts serve data centres – a sector with a steadily growing appetite for electricity.
In order to ensure the robust expansion of solar energy in the future, more private market mechanisms must and will be created. Power Purchase Agreements play a decisive role in this. Find out more in next week's focus.
The Dutch company needs the growth capital to advance the repair and reuse of lithium-ion batteries in Europe. A new site is set to open in Poland this year.
France-based private equity firm Ardian has reached an agreement to acquire Akuo, an independent power producer specialising in renewable energy.
Agrivoltaics combines solar power and agriculture, offering genuinely niche opportunities. Nevertheless, it won't replace traditional solar parks, says Carsten Bovenschen, CEO of Juwi.
The energy groups helping drive Greece’s energy transition through the joint venture Meton Energy S.A. are now at the final investment decision stage for two large-scale PV projects in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece.
The Gas market operator MIBGAS has opened the auction process for the purchase of renewable hydrogen from DH2 Energy`s solar Hysencia plant in Aragón, which has an electrolysis capacity of 35 MW. Operations are anticipated to commence in the first half of 2027.
The solar energy company is offering employees a chance to invest in its new rooftop PV system in Polch, Germany – supporting the energy transition while generating financial benefits for the team.
Lidsø solar park in Denmark is changing ownership following European Energy’s successful divestment of the project to Alight. Long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) are secured.
Industrial electrification in Europe is struggling under high upfront costs, long investment cycles, rising energy prices, unfair taxation, and fossil fuel subsidies that still exceed €55 billion a year. Eurelectric is calling for an Electrification Bank as part of the EU Clean Industrial Deal.
Denmark is showing how the heating transition can work. District heating plays a central role in this, as Christian Bjerrum Jorgensen, Embassy Counsellor for Energy, explains in an interview. Photovoltaics are now to be increasingly integrated.
NextEnergy Capital announces that NextPower UK ESG – the largest private fund focused specifically on new-build UK solar topped its original target of £500 million by nearly 50%.
The two partners signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply over 50 GWh of solar energy annually from the new 96 MW Noordoostpolder solar park in Flevoland, starting in 2026.
Goldbeck Solar Investment and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed an agreement to establish a new joint venture. The business is aimed at strengthening Ukraine's energy resilience and independence.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending up to €50 million to Tenevo Solar Technologies EAD to build and operate a fully merchant solar photo-voltaic plant in southeastern Bulgaria. A parallel financing facility of €53 million will be provided by Raiffeisen Bank International, making the total finance package €103 million.
Our next newsletter for investors will be published on February 12, 2025. It deals with the European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF). Its reform offers institutional and private investors significantly better investments in solar projects. Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest B2B information on your desk!
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.
Axpo has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with British Solar Renewables (BSR) to buy clean energy from its 25 MW solar PV at Whaddon Farm, Wiltshire. The site is co-located with a utility-scale 16MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Capcora, an investment consultant specializing in renewable energies, supported the sale of the project. The huge solar park in the southwest of the country will start operating in 2026. Expansion to include additional technologies is possible.
CCE Holding finalized a EUR 24 million project financing with Commerzbank AG. The loan amount will be used for the construction of a 42.08 MW photovoltaic plant in the municipality of Montalto di Castro in the Italian region of Lazio near Rome.
In order to attract more private capital for renewable energies, the European Union has introduced new regulations into the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF). Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest B2B information on your desk.
Econergy Renewable Energy won the recent Romanian Contract for Difference (CfD) auction with the Parau 2 solar project. Additionally a second project financing agreement was signed with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).
