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© Heiko Schwarzburger
Investor newsletter

Solar parks became more attractive for investors

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Our next newsletter for investors will be published on November 27, 2024. It will be about outdoor solar parks. They enjoy high levels of acceptance all over Europe and are pushing ahead the solar investments this year. Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest B2B information on your desk.

© BayWa r.e.
R.Power

Large-scale project in Spain with particularly high yield forecast

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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
Poland

Barbara Michalowska: “Agri-PV products designed with durability and ease of installation”

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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.

© Move On Energy
Solar Investor’s Guide

New opportunities for former tailings dump in Germany

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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.

© SolarEdge
Poland

Michal Marona of SolarEdge: „A market with lots of potential“

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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.

© Sharp
Eastern Europe

Opera Solar and Sharp enter into solar partnership for Hungary and Slovakia

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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.

© Photon Hungary
Hungary

Photon Energy operates on-site PPA solar power plant in Hungary

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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.

© Prosolia Energy
MET/Atlantic Copper

Spain: Solar power for copper production via PPA

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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.

© European Energy
Denmark

Solar power for Danish State Railways

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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.

© Better Energy
Solar parks

Better Energy: PPA in Finland signed

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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.

© Kostal Solar Electric
Sweden

Living quarter in Malmö: High quality and service as deciding factors

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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.

© KEM Elsbeere Wienerwald
Agri-PV

Solar system in Austria protects berries and allows citizen participation

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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.

© QEnergy
France 

Q Energy: Financing for 74.3 MW floating solar plant secured

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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.

© Voltalia
Investments Western Balkons

Albania: 140 MW PV project with bifacial modules

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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.

© IB Vogt
Ireland

Highfield Solar secures financing for 132 MW

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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.

© Photon Energy
Eastern Europe

Romania: EBRD supports launch of renewable energy auctions

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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.

© ib vogt
Iberia

Spain: 89 MW solar PPA of ib vogt and Corning

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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.

© DRI
Poland

DRI moves forward with 133 MW battery storage project in Trzebinia

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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.

© RWE / Angelo Fernandez
Investor newsletter

Solar parks with large storage systems achieve exciting returns

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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.

© Rezolv Energy
Rezolv Energy

Bulgaria: Contracts awarded for construction of 229 MW solar park

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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.

© Fuella
Industry decarbonization

Norway: EnBW starts marketing process for green ammonia

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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.

© Vorsatz Media
CEO Interview

Michael Hierholzer of Rolls-Royce: „Our customers seek solutions for next 20, 30 or 40 years“

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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
United Kingdom

Econergy secures 32 mio. € funding for battery storage project Swangate

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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.

© Goldbeck Solar
Interview Goldbeck Solar

Joachim Goldbeck: “Negative electricity prices are a bad fit with PPAs”

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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.

© Goldbeck Solar
Poland

Tobias Schuessler of Goldbeck Solar Polska: “The demand for solar parks is rising”

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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.