PV

Further european solar records to follow in 2020 says Solargis

Wednesday, 13 May 2020 Robin Whitlock Following solar production records set in the UK, Germany and Spain in March and April, the european solar market is set to break further records in 2020 according to data and software architects for bankable ...

REC market analysts believe solar power will emerge from the COVID-19 crisis even stronger than before

Friday, 24 April 2020 Robin Whitlock

Market analysts at REC Group strongly believe that the solar industry is poised to come out of the crisis, potentially even stronger, in the medium and long term.

Ganzlin Solar Park Makes Progress Despite COVID-19

Tuesday, 21 April 2020 REM With every safety and health care restrictions in place, workers are still showing up in Ganzlin, Germany and making progress on the Ganzlin Solar Farm, owned by Obton and being built by Clenergy Global ...

S2A’s #GreenLuxHome to feature the world’s only graphene solar panel from FreeVolt

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Robin Whitlock The first electrically self-sustaining, custom luxury homes from S2A will be powered by the only graphene solar panel in existence globally, providing enhanced energy production, durability, immunity to ...

Smarter E europe event cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis and smarter E South America 2020 postponed to November

Wednesday, 01 April 2020 Robin Whitlock The Smarter E europe event, due to take place this year in Munich, has been cancelled, now due to take place in 2021, and the Smarter E South America event postponed to 16th-18th November 2020 due to the ...

Russia

Midsummer sells first production line under the Rusnano framework agreement

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Robin Whitlock

Swedish solar energy company Midsummer has received a new order for a production line from Russian Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Centre of the Republic of Mordovia.

Lightsource BP Completes Financing on 260 MW Solar Project in Texas

Friday, 20 March 2020 REM Lightsource BP, a global solar leader, has closed on a $250 million financing package for its Impact Solar project located in Lamar County, Texas, 120 miles northeast of Dallas.The energy generated by ...

EDF Solar Among Fastest Growing Companies

Monday, 09 March 2020 REM The company is ranked $407 in the ranking prepared by the Financial Times newspaper on the 1,000 european firms with the highest growth rate. Within the energy sector, EDF Solar is in the top 20 and ...

REC Group begins production of Alpha 72 Series module

Tuesday, 25 February 2020 Robin Whitlock International solar energy company REC has announced the start of production of the 72-cell REC Alpha Series solar panel, designed to be the world’s most powerful 72-cell panel available on the market ...

Spain

Iberdrola and Heineken sign PPA enabling company to brew its beers using renewable energy only

Wednesday, 19 February 2020 Robin Whitlock A long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) signed by Iberdrola and Heineken will help to bring into operation a new solar PV plant being constructed in Andévalo in 2020, thereby helping Heineken to produce ...