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Ampyr Solar Europe, a leading pan-European solar developer and independent power producer, has achieved financial close for its latest solar PV project in the Netherlands.
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.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to €31.6 million to Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. (HEP), Croatia's national energy company to finance the construction and operation of a solar power plant with installed capacity of up to 99 MW.
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.
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.
Q ENERGY started construction of a 52 MW solar farm in the Spanish region of Extremadura. Extensive measures to protect nature and the environment are integrated into the project.
BayWa r.e. has sold four UK solar projects to renewable investor Octopus Energy Generation. Battery energy storage systems will be partly included in the projects.
Polish company Projekt Solartechnik Group (PST) is specialized in large-scale photovoltaic installations, wind farms and green energy sale, all on an international basis. About the opportunities of the Polish market we talked to Tomasz Bodetko, Vice President and responsible for sale of solar farms, PPA and CPPA.
Azerbaijan is performing a balancing act between more gas for Europe and more renewable energies. A tour of the country, which will host the World Climate Change Conference in November, showed that there is at least some gradual movement towards more climate protection.
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.
The solar modules of the new plant in Gaweinstal in Lower Austria are installed on trackers. This means that the area can still be used for agriculture. However, the technology also has other advantages.
European Energy has received grid connection approvals for around 500 MW of solar and wind energy projects across Romania. The total development pipeline for European Energy Romania now exceeds 1.5 GW of solar and wind projects.
Lynher Energy has signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with a UK-based FTSE100 company. The deal is structured as a sleeved physical PPA to provide reliable solar power to the off-taker over the next 15 years.
Covestro and bp have signed a ten-year PPA for electricity from a solar park in Spain. The agreement increases the share of renewable energy in Covestro's total electricity consumption in Spain from less than 10 percent to around 30 percent.
Happy Canada Day: The Canadian PV market is also gaining momentum with larger projects. For example, hep solar recently received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission for the construction and operation of a 120-megawatt PV park in Alderson.
The new plant is combined with an existing wind farm. The ground conditions and the existing monument protection did not make the realisation of the project any easier.
IB Vogt has successfully reached Provisional Acceptance Certification (PAC) for its 40-megawatt solar PV project in Ziębice, Poland. Utilizing bifacial modules on a fixed tilt, the solar farm spans 30 hectares.
Scan Global Logistics has signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with Better Energy to offtake renewable energy in Sweden.
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.
R.Power together with PKO Bank Polski S.A.have signed a credit agreement valued at nearly 190 million PLN to finance the construction of a portfolio of solar power plants located in Poland, with a total capacity of 59 MW, under a project finance formula.
The plant will reach 51 megawatts. It will be combined with a wind farm, which has various advantages but also poses some challenges in terms of project planning.
The owners of the newly founded Erneuerbare Energie Prignitz want to build a total of 140 megawatts of solar power capacity. The local population is to benefit from solar power generation.
A 10 MW lithium-ion battery system is expected to be installed by the end of 2024 at Better Energy Hoby solar park on Lolland in Denmark.
Schletter Group will be supplying the mounting systems for a major 130 MW ground-mounted project in the Dominican Republic. This brings the total peak megawattage of clean power being produced on Schletter systems across the Caribbean to over 700.