The innovative solar project Merganser is located off the Dutch coast, around twelve kilometres off The Hague. It currently has 500 kilowatts of solar power installed. The scalable concept consists of six interconnected platforms.
The “PV2Float” project by RWE, Fraunhofer ISE and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is testing three floating PV systems (30 kW each) over three years. The research focuses on technical improvements, environmental impact and public acceptance. It is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
RWE recorded a significant increase in earnings in the offshore wind and onshore wind/solar segments in the first half of 2024. In the first six months, the company posted adjusted EBITDA of €2.9 billion and adjusted net income of €1.4 billion.
With the support of RWE, the Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck, has installed its offshore floating solar (OFPV) project, Merganser with a scalable capacity of 0,5 MW.
RWE announced its investment decision to build Australia’s first eight-hour battery near Balranald, in New South Wales (NSW). It will be co-located to a 249 MW solar farm.
To boost its sustainability, RWE is conducting a biomonitoring pilot project to study how favourable conditions for biodiversity can be created at solar farms in Poland.
The Bosco solar park will be an 8.3-megawatt plant and is to be installed in Partinico, Sicily. Commissioning planned by RWE for the end of 2024.
RWE increases its Iberian solar capacity to 300 MW and commissioned a 92-megawatt (MW) ground-mounted photovoltaic plant in the province of Cádiz in Andalusia.
The three new large storage facilities are linked to solar parks. They shift the solar power produced to times when there is no sun.
RWE and PPC continue to forge ahead with Greece’s energy transition through their joint venture company Meton Energy S.A. The company has taken the final investment decision for the construction of an additional 450 MW PV park in the country.
RWE is making good progress in expanding its Iberian solar business. The company has commissioned its 46-MW ground-mounted Morgavel solar farm in Portugal.
RWE has successfully expanded its green portfolio in Poland. The Polish Energy Regulatory Office awarded the company Contracts for Difference (CfD) for solar projects with a total capacity of 66 megawatts.
RWE has installed 20,000 bifacial solar modules in the Spanish province of Badajoz, totalling 250 megawatts of solar capacity in operation or under construction in Spain.
Sun’Agri and RWE form a strategic partnership to accelerate development of agricultural photovoltaics in France.
RWE and PPC continue to accelerate the Greek energy transition. They will invest €196 million in three PV projects with 280 MW.
RWE has begun construction of one of Germany’s largest battery storage facilities at its power plant locations in Neurath and Hamm. The 140 million euros project will have a capacity of 220 MW and storage capacity of 235 MWh.
RWE is making swift progress on implementing its Growing Green strategy. The company expanded its green portfolio by 4.9 gigawatts (GW) with investments of €8.0 billion in the first quarter of 2023 alone.
RWE Renewables Europe & Australia has been successful in the New South Wales competitive tender process offering Long-Term Energy Service Agreements to project developers of long duration storage projects.
RWE has significantly expanded its solar and battery capabilities in the UK by acquiring JBM Solar, a large independent developer of solar and battery storage systems.
RWE and PPC will build five PV projects with more than 200 MW in Greece. The total planned investment is €180 million, €90 million co-financed by RRF, PPAs are signed.
Intensively used batteries, taken from electric buses, get a second life as part of Project Anubis. This initiative of RWE and VDL Bus & Coach revolves around the sustainable use of EV batteries as part of a central storage system in Moerdijk, the Netherlands.
RWE has acquired the Polish developer Alpha Solar together with its team of around 60 employees. With the takeover, the energy group acquires a development pipeline for solar projects in Poland of around three gigawatts.
RWE starts construction of a ground-mounted solar farm in the province of Badajoz. Construction works for in total 100 MW solar capacity underway.
RWE has installed its first floating PV system on the former cooling water lake of a coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands. The generator is part of an overall concept to turn the former coal-fired power plant into a renewable energy site.
RWE Renewables’ Hickory Park Solar project, a 195.5-megawatt (MWac) facility coupled with a 40 MW 2-hour battery storage system, located in Mitchell County, Georgia, is in operation.
