Europe & UK

Europe & UK

Vestas win largest order in Poland

April 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

Vestas has received a 132 MW order from Windfarm Polska III sp zoo, owned by Stadtwerke München for the Jasna wind project Pomorskie Voivodship, in northern Poland. Underlining the strong competitiveness of wind energy, the project was awarded at the Polish wind-solar energy auction held in November last year, which was won exclusively by wind […]

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France : La Banque Postale and EIB sign framework agreement to promote the development of renewable energies

April 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

As a civic-minded bank, La Banque Postale has just signed a framework agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the development of renewable energies (photovoltaic power plants and wind farms) in France. This agreement strengthens La Banque Postale’s role as a key player in financing regional energy transitions. The EIB is confident of La […]

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Europe’s Solar Renaissance Is on the Horizon

April 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

European solar installations hit a five-year high in 2018, and the annual market should crack 20 gigawatts by 2021, according to the latest research from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Europe’s solar market is undergoing a resurgence. More than 10 gigawatts were installed in 2018 for the first time in five years, and the market […]

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EBRD to spend more on Polish green-energy projects this year

April 25, 2019 Anand Gupta

Since winning a general election in 2015, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, which sees renewable energy source as unstable, had introduced laws on wind farms that have made many of them unprofitable WARSAW: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to increase its funding for Poland’s renewable energy this year, after the government […]

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my-PV launches AC-THOR 9s power controller for hot water and space heating from photovoltaics on the market

April 25, 2019 Anand Gupta

New solar power manager for farmers, businesses and domestic photovoltaic systems my-PV launches AC-THOR 9s power controller for hot water and space heating from photovoltaics on the market Neuzeug, Austria: The new power controller AC-THOR 9s can control both electrical room heating and water heaters up to 9 kilowatts of power linearly. It controls three-phase […]

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EU regulators approve 385 mn euro Lithuania renewable power scheme

April 24, 2019 Anand Gupta

The project, which will run from May 1 to July 1, 2025, will help Lithuania reach its goal of producing 38 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2025 BRUSSELS: EU state aid regulators cleared on Tuesday a 385-million-euro ($433.28 million) Lithuanian scheme to produce electricity from renewable sources, saying that it was in […]

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EBRD to spend more on Polish green-energy projects this year

April 24, 2019 Anand Gupta

WARSAW: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to increase its funding for Poland’s renewable energy this year, after the government shifted toward green energy, a top EBRD official said. Since winning a general election in 2015, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), which sees renewable energy source as unstable, had introduced laws […]

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Solarcentury sells majority stake in 200MW development in Seville, Spain

April 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

Valencia: Solarcentury, the global integrated solar power company, today announces that it has sold a majority stake in four large-scale solar farms in Alcalá de Guadaira in the Spanish region of Seville, amounting to a significant 200 MWp of solar power. Construction is scheduled to begin in Summer 2019 following full financial close of the […]

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Gonvarri’s Solar Steel to deliver RackSmarT to Nuñez de Balboa PV project in Spain

April 20, 2019 Anand Gupta

Solar Steel, a division of Spanish Gonvarri Steel Services, is supplying 500 MW of its RackSmarT fixed tilt structure to the Nuñez de BalboaPV project. After completion, the facility will become the largest PV plant installed to date in Europe. A total of 1.430.000 PV modules will be assembled on the structures, which will generate […]

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Three things to know as Germany opens massive ocean wind park

April 18, 2019 Anand Gupta

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday officially opened a massive wind farm in the Baltic Sea, calling it a project of “national significance” for Germany’s “energy transition” towards renewables. New Delhi: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday officially opened a massive wind farm in the Baltic Sea, calling it a project of “national significance” for Germany’s “energy […]