Financial & Legal

Government support will be a key component of the Spanish solar sector, says panellists at the Solar Finance & Investment Europe event.

Under the deal, SFK will purchase a portion of the RECs from the power developed at Clearway’s 452MW solar PV project in Texas, US.

Following the example of by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US was among the opportunities discussed for the European solar sector.

In 2023, a collective US$1.8 trillion went towards energy transition technologies and their supply chains, including solar PV and other renewable generation, grids, electrified transport and clean tech factories.

The co-location of renewable generation and energy storage demands new contractual arrangements to make such projects commercially viable. Jack Rankin, Miguel Valderrama and Brian Knowles of Pexapark explore how hybrid PPAs are becoming a favoured solution for structuring deals that capture the full value of both assets.

Global renewables investment platform Qualitas Energy has acquired US solar and storage platform Heelstone Renewable Energy for an undisclosed sum.

Pexapark has found that European buyers struck power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a record 16.2GW of clean power in 2023.

Portuguese utility EDP, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables (EDPR), has acquired Australian solar developer ITP Development.

Increased renewables capacity and higher earnings from international electricity generation have driven up German utility RWE's financial results for 2023.

Scatec posted record-high revenues and construction figures over 2023 which it said was facilitated by lower module and BESS prices.