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Hard-hit regions and utilities will be compensated for their role in Germany’s energy transition, but RWE faces more than $1B in uncovered costs. Germany’s federal and state governments agreed Thursday on the tricky terms of the country’s coal phaseout, with the total bill set to run to €40 billion ($44.6 billion) as hard-hit regions are […]

Business & Finance

Solarcentury Gets Boost From UK Government for 500MW Overseas Pipeline

January 10, 2020 Anand Gupta

Britain wants to spark a post-Brexit green industrial revolution, but its greatest opportunities for renewable exports likely lie with wind, not solar. Developer Solarcentury has secured €54.8 million ($61.1 million) of finance for 500 megawatts of solar in Spain — with a little help from the U.K. government. The backing by U.K. Export Finance, the […]

Europe & UK

JinkoSolar Signs Agreement with COSCO to Use Port of Piraeus as a Distribution Hub for Europe

December 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

SHANGHAI, China and PIRAEUS, Greece: 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 the Company has signed an agreement with COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Greece) S.A. (“COSCO”) to use the Greek Port of Piraeus as a distribution hub for the shipment of its […]

Europe & UK

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 […]

Europe & UK

Enel to Build 14GW of Renewables by 2022 as Decarbonization Race Heats Up

November 27, 2019 Anand Gupta

European utility already claims the world’s largest renewables fleet, with 46 gigawatts under management. European utility giant Enel has committed half of its total investment over the next few years to decarbonization, part of a new strategic plan revealed on Tuesday. Between 2020 and 2022, the Italian group will invest €11.5 billion ($12.6 billion) in […]

Europe & UK

Mitsubishi Eyes Leading Position in Europe’s Energy Market With Eneco Acquisition

November 26, 2019 Anand Gupta

Offshore wind will be at the center of Mitsubishi’s growth plans in Europe as it leads an acquisition of Dutch utility Eneco. A group led by Mitsubishi beat out other bidders including Shell in reaching a €4.1 billion ($4.5 billion) deal to buy Dutch energy company Eneco, which the Japanese conglomerate intends to make the […]

Featured

Energy Density Matters – Jinko’s High Efficiency Module Tiger Already Places the Company Ahead of Competitors

November 15, 2019 Anand Gupta

JinkoSolar’s worldwide market share has grown significantly over the past few years. Its continuous improvements in product line has reflected well into its increasing sales per quarter. Market entry of new Tiger module launched at All Energy Australia last month, has been reviewed well with marked gains in efficiency and overall performance. 460 Wp […]

Europe & UK

GCL-SI Supplies 150 MW Solar Modules for the Largest Solar Project in Europe

November 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

EXTREMADURA : GCLSI, a world-leading one-stop intelligent and integrated energy system provider, is scheduled to deliver 72 polycrystalline products with three varying grades of power to the Nuñez de Balboa project in December. Nuñez de Balboa is the first utility-scale solar station made by Iberdrola in Europe. The 1,000-hectare mega-facility with a capacity of 500MW […]

Middle East & Africa

No apologies: Africans say their need for oil cash outweighs climate concerns

November 11, 2019 Anand Gupta

A handful of protesters on the ground floor of the cavernous Cape Town International Convention Centre spread fake oil on the ground and chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels. Two floors above, the hundreds of delegates at Africa Oil Week were largely unaware – and mostly unmoved – by the display. “Under no circumstances […]

EV Charging

Europe slow to standardise electric car charging: ChargePoint

November 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

ChargePoint entered the European market in 2016, with its headquarters located in Amsterdam, joining a crowded field of oil majors, carmakers and utilities fighting to dominate the industry of electric vehicle infrastructure. BLISBON: Inconsistent requirements for charging stations across Europe are keeping the infrastructure for electric cars from growing as fast as it could, the […]