Europe & UK

Europe & UK

Poland plays catch-up with launch of major renewable energy auction

December 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

WARSAW : Poland’s energy regulator launched a major wind and solar electricity auction on Thursday, which may help the coal-reliant country speed up investment in new clean energy sources and bring it closer to the European Union’s renewables targets. Poland, which generates most of its electricity from coal, has struggled to meet an EU 2020 […]

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EU climate leadership in doubt as bloc set to miss 2030 goal

December 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Madrid, Dec 4 (AP) The European Union said Wednesday that it will likely miss its target for reducing greenhouse gases by 2030, dealing a blow to the bloc’s efforts to be a leader in the fight against climate change. The European Environment Agency said existing measures put the EU on course to cut its emissions […]

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High-precision satellite solar irradiance data for the VCOM Cloud

December 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

meteocontrol and Solcast form partnership: Location-specific solar irradiance data and yield simulations for photovoltaic systems around the world Augsburg/Sydney: meteocontrol GmbH, one of the leading global providers of independent monitoring solutions for PV systems, has partnered with Solcast: The Australian service provider of satellite data delivers high-precision irradiance data for every system location around […]

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Record Deal Signed for Offshore Wind Power

December 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Orsted A/S signed a deal to sell 100 megawatts of power from a German wind farm in the North Sea to Covestro AG, in what the companies said is the biggest corporate purchase agreement for offshore wind. The deal will supply the German chemical company electricity for 10 years from the 900 megawatt wind farm […]

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BP to supply renewable energy to Amazon’s Europe data centers

December 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

BP will begin supplying Amazon Web Services (AWS) with renewable energy from more than 170 megawatts of new wind and solar projects in Sweden and Spain starting in 2021. New Delhi : BP Plc said on Wednesday it would supply renewable energy to Amazon.com Inc’s European data centres that drive the technology giant’s cloud platform. […]

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Investors Still Waging War With Spain Over Retroactive Cuts

December 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Spain has offered an olive branch in its long-running legal battle with renewables developers. But the fight isn’t over yet. Investors fighting Spain over retroactive cuts to feed-in tariffs for renewables projects are braced for more legal wrangling despite an offer to recover some revenue. It appears likely developers will ignore the regulatory olive branch […]

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Poland to focus on clean energy

December 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

Poland is one of Europe’s largest coal producers and depends on the fossil fuel for 80 percent of its energy. MADRID : The head of Poland’s new Climate Ministry has said his goal is to redouble efforts to cut carbon gas emissions and faster develop clean energy sources. Poland is one of Europe’s largest coal […]

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Italy’s A2A signs deal with China’s Talesun for 1 GW solar pipeline

December 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

In a statement on Tuesday, A2A said the deal would make it one of the leading solar power players in Italy MILAN : Italy’s biggest regional utility A2A has signed a deal with China’s Talesun to acquire a pipeline of solar power projects with an overall capacity of around 1,000 megawatts. In a statement on […]

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JinkoSolar Supplies 40 MW to Obton for Almelo Project in the Netherlands

December 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

MUNICH : JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company,” or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that its affiliate has supplied approximately 40 MW of its ultra-high efficiency Cheetah HC 60 solar modules to Obton, one of the leading global developers and investors of […]

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German regulator sets 6.20 cents/kWh cap for 2020 onshore wind auctions

December 2, 2019 Anand Gupta

Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has to reconcile the need to facilitate new turbine constructions in a green energy drive with that of keeping prices down for consumers FRANKFURT: Germany will cap the maximum price for licences to build onshore wind turbines next year at 6.20 euro cents ($0.06) per kilowatt hour (kWh), the federal network regulator said, […]