deals

RWE Supply & Trading and the Salzgitter Group have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 180MW Boitzenburger Land solar park.

Orlen Wind 3 has acquired a solar portfolio in Poland, where expansion work is currently underway to expand the capacity to 280MW.

Verbund has acquired a 110MV solar portfolio in Lazio, central Italy, from Ke-Reninvestment, a subsidiary of Turkish investor Kinesis Enerji.

Pexapark's latest report notes a 1.5% decline in the average price of a PPA signed in Europe from the end of May to the end of June.

Brookfield intends to acquire French independent power producer (IPP) and renewables and energy storage developer Neoen.

Sunmind, a subsidiary of construction firm VINCI Concessions, has acquired solar developer Helios Nordic Energy for US$73 million.

Google has signed virtual power purchase agreements (PPAs) with two Japanese companies to build 60MW of new solar capacity in Japan.

GreenYellow has bought Grow Energy Management (GEM), acquiring its 120MW portfolio of PV projects in Portugal and Poland.

Fortnum has sold its remaining share in a 185MW solar portfolio in India to the clean energy arm of Petronas subsidiary Gentari.

The dollar-per-watt metric has traditionally formed the basis of PV module purchasing, but this formula can lead to costly mistakes.