The transportation of green hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands will be explored thanks to a new memorandum of understanding signed between the countries.
A round-up of the latest solar industry news from around the world, as Aquila picks up its first solar projects in Portugal, one of Europe’s hottest solar markets, and Dehui lays claim to being Vietnam’s first module manufacturer to produce next-generation panels.
Portugal’s record-breaking solar auction “exceeded expectations”, a top government official has told PV Tech, confirming that Spanish company Enerland was the company with the lowest bid.
Portugal’s second solar auction has closed with record-breaking low prices of €11.14/mWh (US$13.12), the country’s government announced this afternoon.
Portugal has chosen a total of 37 prospective green hydrogen projects, representing a total investment of around €9 billion (US$10.5 billion) to progress to the next stage of its selection process.
Country producing €14.76/MWh tender tariffs last year overcomes COVID-19 delays to launch storage-friendly successor, with bids starting this week and plans to reveal winners in September.
Rome’s second CfD auction awards solar 19.4MW of total 500MW while Lisbon sets lower ceiling prices for new PV tender, set to launch one year after exercise that produced €14.76/MWh tariffs.
