Europe & UK

Europe & UK

Macquarie kicks off sale of wind assets in Italy and France

April 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

MILAN: Infrastructure fund Macquarie has kicked off the sale of its Renvico wind farm portfolio located in Italy and France worth around 400 million euros ($450 million), four sources familiar with the matter said. The Australian fund, advised by Rothschild, has sent out teasers and information memoranda will follow at the end of the month, […]

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Sunny spell boosts French solar power generation to record level

April 13, 2019 Anand Gupta

The record output of 6.3 GW was due to a sunny spell and an increase in France’s installed solar power capacity, which rose 12.7 percent in 2018 to 8.5 GW compared with the previous year, RTE said. New Delhi: Sunny weather boosted solar power generation in nuclear-dependent France to a record level on Friday, covering […]

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Risen Energy: Optimistic about Polish PV Market

April 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

Founded in 1986, Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter refer to as Risen Energy), has witnessed its 33-year development, as of the beginning of 2019. As one of the world’s Top 10 PV module manufacturers and solution suppliers, Risen Energy has experienced fast-paced development in the past few years. In 2015, Risen Energy’s annual production capacity […]

The Welzow-Sued opencast lignite mine operated by Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG is pictured in Welzow, Germany

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As end looms for coal, German mining region shifts right

April 12, 2019 Anand Gupta

SPREMBERG, Germany: A German far-right party is using a simple message to attract voters in a mining region threatened by government plans to phase out coal: jobs are more important than the environment. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s aim to wean Europe’s biggest economy off fossil fuels is the main issue in a September election in the […]

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Exide Announces Groundbreaking Solar Installations in Portugal

April 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

Official contract signing involving Exide’s Stefan St?bing and EDP’s Vera Pinto Pereira GENNEVILLIERS, France: Exide Technologies (www.exide.com), a global provider of stored energy solutions for the automotive and industrial markets, is announcing two new photovoltaic installations with a total capacity of 3.8 MWp in Portugal. These will be situated at Exide’s production facility in Castanheira […]

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LONGi Solar Became the Sole Assigned Supplier for Ukraine’s Second Largest Power Plant Project

April 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

The solar power plant is a joint-venture by ICU, an independent asset management, private equity and investment advisory firm specialising in Central and Eastern Europe and VR Capital Group, an alternative asset manager specializing in global emerging markets. The plant represents an investment in materials and construction of approximatelyUS$55m. As one the largest foreign direct […]

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Sweden is a leader in the energy transition, according to latest IEA country review

April 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

ESKILSTUNA: Sweden is a global leader in building a low-carbon economy, with the lowest share of fossil fuels in its primary energy supply among all IEA member countries, and the second-lowest carbon-intensive economy. Sweden has been successful in its energy transformation through market-based policies that focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy, notably CO2 taxation, […]

2019-04-09_Aalborg CSP flat panel collectors

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Aalborg CSP secures flat panel order for industrial solar heating plant in Denmark

April 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

From this summer and onwards, thousands of people travelling across the Great Belt in Denmark will get to see renewable energy in full bloom in the shape of a 11,733 m² solar field. The Danish renewable energy specialist, Aalborg CSP, has landed the project and will be delivering an 8 MWth solar district heating plant […]

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Croatia’s HEP aims to sharply increase solar power production

April 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

HEP’s CEO Frane Barbaric said the company would invest $113.48 million over the next five years, adding 20 MW of new solar capacity each year ZAGREB: Croatian state-owned power utility HEP said on Monday it had kicked-off a decade-long investment plan to add 350 megawatts (MW) of new solar capacity by 2030. HEP’s CEO Frane […]

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Young German activists demand earlier coal-burning deadline

April 9, 2019 Anand Gupta

The six key actions listed by Fridays For Future, the group that organized the strikes by secondary school and university students, include moving forward the timeline for Germany to phase-out coal-fired power plants. Berlin: Young German activists who have staged weekly “school strikes” to bring attention to climate change issued demands Monday that would require […]