Europe

In total 93 ground-based solar PV projects were awarded Contracts for Difference in the sixth auction round (AR6).

Consisting of eight utility-scale PV projects, which will be located in the central and northern Italian regions of Lazio and Emilia Romagna.

The portfolio consists of five sites spread across three autonomous communities - Castilla y León, Andalusia and Castilla-la Mancha.

The auction closed on 1st July almost twice oversubscribed after 4,206MW of applications were submitted for the 2,148MW of tendered capacity.

Independent power producer (IPP) Cero Generation has reached commercial operations at its 100MW Delfini solar PV plant in Greece.

In its 3Q 2024 Global PV Market Outlook, the commodity market research firm BNEF has revised its target for solar PV additions in 2024 to reach 592GW.

The St. George PV project will be built on the brownfield site of the former Silistra airport and constructed by three EPC contractors.

A report from Ember estimates that 39GW of agriPV could be deployed above shade-benefitting crops such as berries.

Axpo will offtake a combined 1,500GWh of solar PV and wind power annually from RWE Renewables Poland’s 628MW capacity project portfolio.

Coined as Europe’s largest agriPV park by the companies, the Klimapark Steinhöfel spans over 500 hectares of land and eight districts in Brandenburg, eastern Germany.