european solar

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.

Solar PV is to become Europe’s leading source of power within the next five years, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has said.

Strong PV growth was 'chief driver' of 24% rise in group-wide EBITDA between H1 2018 and H1 2019, says IPP as it notes this year’s European tender milestones.

Country fails to dismiss case brought by bankrupt developer over losses from FiT changes, joins Spain among EU states risking multi-million payouts for policy u-turns.

Solar industry hails changes to motion that would have halted new PV projects on farming and natural land until impacts were fully understood.