Europe

Italian grid operator Terna has planned to invest €16.5 billion (US$18 billion) in the next five years to strengthen and expand Italy’s transmission grid.

Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has inked a framework agreement with European engineering and construction companies Eiffage.

German engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Belectric has begun construction on a 114MW solar project in Mecklenburg, in northeastern Germany.

Statkraft has signed a PPA with Vitesco Technologies, offering 83GWh of power from its solar and onshore wind power plants in Germany.

According to Energie Commune, Belgium installed 1.8GW of new solar capacity in 2023, and pushing its total operating solar portfolio to 9.9GW.

Record renewables capacity additions and the progress in the energy transition last year are insufficient to meet the 1.5°C scenario.

Portuguese energy utility EDP Renováveis has commissioned a 202MWp solar PV project in central Portugal, its largest PV project in Europe to date.

Currently executive vice president Nordics at Statkraft, Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal will assume her new position on 1 April 2024.

Swiss-owned solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has clarified the terms of its recently-announced rights issue, designed to raise money towards its US manufacturing expansion plans.

Digitalisation offers PV plant operators the opportunity to shift from preventive to predictive maintenance practices. Eduardo Sarquis reports on research aimed at shedding further light on the system performance benefits of moving to a predictive O&M strategy.