Europe & UK

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Italian company wins big Australian hydroelectric contract

April 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

Hydropower is at the forefront of Australian efforts to produce more clean energy and currently accounts for just over a third of the renewable energy mix, Salini said, citing Australia’s Clean Energy Council Rome: Italy’s leading construction company Salini Impregilo said Friday it would share in a contract to build a hydroelectric station in Australia, […]

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French government sticks to targets for closing coal power plants

April 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

The government asked the power systems operator in January to carry out additional analysis of France’s supply security situation without the power plants. New Delhi: The French government is sticking to its previously announced target of shutting down France’s remaining coal power plants by 2022 as a report by grid operator RTE on Wednesday confirmed […]

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France’s Dunkirk offshore wind tender results due in early May – CRE regulator

April 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

PARIS: France’s CRE energy market regulator will publish its recommendations for the 600 megawatt (MW) Dunkirk offshore wind farm tender in early May, and it expects the price to be reasonable, the head of the regulatory body said on Thursday. “We will get reasonable prices for the Dunkirk offshore tender,” Jean-Francois Carenco told a French […]

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Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fall by 4.2 percent in 2018

April 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

FRANKFURT: Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.2 percent in 2018, as high coal prices discouraged burning of the fuel at power stations and unusually hot weather curbed heating demand, official figures showed on Tuesday. However, the federal environment agency, UBA (Umweltbundesamt), said more needed to be done to achieve climate targets up to 2030, especially […]

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ABB and Rolls-Royce announce global microgrids cooperation

April 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

Partnership on microgrid solutions that integrates digital technology and efficient hybrid power systems ABB and Rolls-Royce have announced a global partnership on microgrid technology and advanced automation. Together the two companies will offer an innovative, energy-efficient microgrid solution for utilities, commercial and industrial entities. A microgrid is a small scale electric grid that combines power […]

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EEG register data and funding rates

April 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Federal Network Agency publishes the additional values according to the EEG and the MaStRV on the last day of each month on the basis of the EEG systems recorded in the market master data register up to the previous calendar month EEG -building and cumulative values Publication of the EEG extension values - 02/2019 (xlsx / […]

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Elettronica Santerno is assigned a supply contract for 50 MW in Italy

April 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

Enertronica S.p.A. (“Enertronica” or “The Company”), Italian company operating in the industry of renewables, energy saving, engineering and manufacturing of electro-mechanical systems, announces that its subsidiary Elettronica Santerno has been awarded a 50MW framework agreement for the supply of PV inverters in the construction of grid parity plants in Italy. The supply, which is scheduled […]

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Annual Report – Scatec Solar 2018

April 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

Annual Report – Scatec Solar 2018 For more information please see below link:

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UPDATE 1-German power lobby sees shortfalls due to coal, nuclear phase-out

April 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

* Conventional generation capacity to go offline * Green power capacity is huge and growing, but unreliable * Lobby group wants policy changes to safeguard stability (Adds details, context) FRANKFURT: German power companies warned on Monday of a potential gap between conventional electricity capacity and demand by 2023 due to a phasing out of nuclear […]

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Q CELLS’ Q.PEAK DUO modules earn further low-carbon certification for French tenders

April 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

− Carbon footprint of 300 kg-eq/C0²/kWc achieved for the high-efficiency Q.PEAK DUO module series, utilizing a 25% recycled poly SI methodology, as recognized by the CRE − The Q.PEAK DUO module series can now be selected for projects awarded under the CRE tender up to CRE4.6 for rooftop projects, and up to CRE4.4. for utility […]