european solar

Solar developer Solarcentury’s brand name has been retired following the company’s acquisition by Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft.

The development of Denmark’s grid will be driven by rising electricity demands from consumers rather than the growing renewables sector, a panel of key figures in the country’s green energy sector have suggested.

Lightsource BP has brought its Italian development pipeline up to 1.2GW with the purchase of a 78MW project in Sicily.

UK-headquarted Octopus Renewables has sold 173MW of Italian solar to utility A2A.

Shorter power purchase agreements (PPA) could become more commonplace in Europe’s solar sector as developers strive to bring on more offtakers.

Renewables group signs power purchase agreement (PPA) for what it claims is Poland’s first subsidy-free solar park.

The rapid scale-up of solar capacity in the European Union drove the growth of renewable electricity generation, which overtook that of fossil fuels for the first time last year.

European renewables PPAs could exceed 10GW of capacity by year-end, driven by growth in Spanish solar market.

The subsidiary of German solar and wind operator raised €450 million (US$543.2 million) from 50 institutional investors.