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A round-up of news coming from Europe, with IPP Encavis acquiring a 265MW solar PV portfolio in Italy, Iberdrola starting construction on 366MW of solar PV in its home country and IPP Sonnedix signing a renewables supply agreement with a subsidiary of Volkswagen in Spain.

Plentiude, the renewable energy development arm of Italian oil and gas major Eni, has started operations at a 150MW solar PV plant in Spain.

RES is to provide O&M services for 300MW of Matrix Renewables solar PV projects, while Axpo has completed a 200MW solar facility in León.

Zelestra has signed a PPA with technology giant Microsoft to sell power generated at a 95.7MW solar PV portfolio.

BNZ has started commercial operations at a portfolio of solar PV projects in Spain with a combined capacity of 150MW.

Spain has allocated up to €200 million (US$232 million) to fund “innovative” renewable energy and energy storage projects.

Lightsource bp has started construction on its 330MWp Valle 3 and 4 project in Wamba, Valladolid, in the Castilla y Leon region of Spain. 

The Spanish government has approved a royal decree aimed at strengthening the power grid's resilience, robustness and stability in response to the nationwide blackout in April.

Navigating module procurement in this financial environment will be a key topic of conversation at the PV ModuleTech Europe 2025 event.

Spain has amended its national common agricultural policy (PAC) framework to include agrivoltaic (agriPV) systems to be eligible for subsidies.