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Baltic grids are selling a surplus that vanishes in February
The Baltic states are pitching their renewable surplus to AI data centres just as Denmark and Finland ration large-load connections, but that pitch rests on an annual…
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Wind and solar energy push Lithuanian energy prices down
Between 28 September and 4 October, the average wholesale electricity price in Lithuania fell from €139/MWh to €74/MWh. Two things pushed it down: more solar generation in…
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Finland’s newest solar giant stands on 71,000 screws
Some 71,000 steel screw piles hold up Finland’s newest large solar park, driven into peat that in places runs seven metres deep. On 5 October, Taaleri Energia…
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Merchant, Toll, Swap, and PPAs: The True Cost of Surviving Cannibalisation
On a sunny weekday in April 2026, a solar farm in France could produce at full output for hours and earn almost nothing. Analysis by Pexapark found…
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Scotland’s wasted wind finds a home. CIP finds €1.2bn
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) made two announcements on 2 October 2026. In Scottish Ayrshire, it committed more than €270 million to a battery designed to hold Scottish…
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Monthly solar PPA & Deals Tracker — September 2026
The Voice of Renewables presents our monthly global roundup of energy storage deals announced or closed in August 2026. Covering major PPAs and offtake agreements alongside financing,…
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Algebris Acquires Vector Renewables From Nadara
Algebris Investments, through its Algebris Green Transition Fund, has completed the acquisition of 100% of Vector Renewables from Nadara, adding the renewable energy technical advisory and asset…
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Rezolv Energy secures €561 million financing for the EU’s largest onshore renewable energy project
Actis-backed Rezolv Energy, through its project subsidiary West Power Investments, has signed an up to €561 million project financing package for Dama Solar, a 1.3GWp solar project…
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€1bn financing. €200m failure. Enerparc’s financing model breaks down
Grow responsibly. This is what ENERPARC’s corporate brochure, published on 26 October 2024, was headlined by. Less than two years later, the Hamburg-based solar developer and park…
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Next2Sun’s Future Remains Uncertain as Renewable Finance Becomes More Selective
Next2Sun has secured more than €5 million in subscriptions and financing offers in an effort to avert an insolvency filing, but the future of the German vertical-photovoltaics…
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Lithuania’s surplus solar power is looking for a data centre
Lithuania has built more renewable capacity than its market can comfortably absorb. Lithuanian Ministry of Energy put installed renewables at 6.5 GW in June 2026, and prices…
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Hedged on paper: the risks solar, wind and storage deals leave behind
In April 2026, a solar farm selling into the French wholesale market earned about a tenth of the average price for the month, by commodity analytics firm…
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Estonia’s power chief welcomes the data centres, says nuclear is still 14 years away
A single building in Hüüru, just outside Tallinn, is about to become the second-hungriest electricity user in Estonia. When the Greenergy data centre adds roughly 20 megawatts…
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Lithuania buys its stalled wind and solar pipeline four more years
The Seimas voted 84 to 1, with 16 abstentions, on 24 September 2026 to amend three energy laws: the Law on Energy, the Law on Electricity and…
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Europe’s Energy Treaty Shield Has Become a Seat Lottery
Energy was the second-largest sector for arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce last year, trailing only construction, and just over half of the 881 new cases…
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Alpiq pairs gas-fired generation with battery storage in new Hungarian plant
Alpiq has officially inaugurated its new Csepel hybrid power plant in Budapest, a facility that pairs battery storage with highly flexible gas engine generation in a single,…
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Lithuania’s Renewable Energy Boom: Solar, Wind, and Battery Storage Today — and What’s Coming Next
Lithuania has quietly become one of Europe’s most striking renewable energy growth stories. A country of under three million people has gone from a negligible solar base…
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Poland’s grid queue is filling up with renewables and batteries
PSE’s latest connection register shows hundreds of megawatts of new wind, solar and battery projects seeking access to the transmission network, while the offshore wind pipeline alone…
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The Reason Greece Rewrote the Rules for Factories, Wind Farms and Hotels in One Month
A new industrial zoning law signed in Athens looks like routine planning bureaucracy — until you notice it’s the third of three, all finished inside the same…
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Estonia Saw Its Solar Glut Coming Two Years Ago — And Built It Anyway
In Lääneranna, a rural municipality on Estonia’s west coast, the local council has now run three separate auctions to lease land for a solar park at Alaküla…
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Madrid-Barajas Gets Europe’s Biggest Airport Solar Plant — But It’s Not Finished Yet
Spanish airport operator Aena inaugurated a 120 MW photovoltaic plant at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport on 2 September 2026, which the company describes as the largest solar…
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Monthly solar PPA & Deals Tracker — August 2026
The Voice of Renewables presents our monthly global roundup of solar energy deals announced or closed in August 2026. Covering major PPAs and offtake agreements alongside financing,…
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Sun Over Coal: China’s Power Grid Crosses a Century-Old Threshold
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) confirmed on September 1–2, 2026 that installed solar photovoltaic capacity had overtaken coal-fired capacity for the first time — a reversal the…
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The World’s Largest Solar Microgrid Went Online. The Resorts It Was Built For Are Quietly Scaled Back.
The off-grid solar-and-battery microgrid built to power Red Sea Global’s flagship tourism destination on Saudi Arabia’s west coast has reached full commercial operation, according to pv magazine,…
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BW ESS Buys Into Spain’s Battery Boom, Nine Months After Blackout Made the Case for It
BW ESS, the Singapore-headquartered, BW Group-backed battery storage owner-operator, has acquired two utility-scale standalone battery energy storage projects in Spain’s Valencia region from Spanish developer Navacant, totalling…
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The Day-Ahead Trap: How Bulgaria Accidentally Built Europe’s Most Cutthroat Energy Market
On April 25 this year, the price of electricity on Bulgaria’s day-ahead exchange fell to minus €100 per megawatt-hour. Generators were paying the grid to take their power. “Such a marvel has never happened before,” Bulgarian economist Vladislav Panev said at…
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The Sun Also Sets: Inside Europe’s First Big Merchant-Solar Bankruptcy
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. On paper, Solara4 should have been a triumph. When the 220-megawatt plant near the village of Vaqueiros, in Portugal’s sun-baked Alcoutim municipality, switched…
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Romania Will Now Pay You Not to Use Electricity — Just as Its Only Nuclear Plant Runs Dry
On 19 August, Romania’s energy regulator ANRE approved a regulation that lets electricity consumers get paid for temporarily and voluntarily cutting how much power they use. It…
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The 100-Megawatt Category That Aims to Move a Gigawatt-and-a-Half Market
Ukraine’s Solar Energy Association (SEAU) expects the country to add at least 1.5 GWs of new solar capacity and more than 3 gigawatt-hours of new battery storage…
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Not All POE Is Created Equal: Selection Criteria for High-Quality Encapsulants
The encapsulant sits at the center of every photovoltaic module’s reliability story. It bonds glass, cells, and backsheet into a single laminate, keeps moisture and ions away…
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Does the European CfD auction model need a fundamental redesign?
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Until now the Contract for Difference has been treated as settled policy furniture — the mechanism that turned offshore wind from a subsidy-hungry…
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Financing solar + BESS across Europe in H2 2026 and into 2027 — how countries, deals and funding models stack up
Europe’s energy transition is still being financed by a patchwork of public banks, institutional investors, corporate offtakers and project-level lenders — but the mix has shifted meaningfully…
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Europe’s Nuclear Bet Is Being Made Against an Electricity System That Does Not Yet Exist
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Europe is committing billions to new reactors as data centres, electrification and AI drive electricity demand higher. But most of the new nuclear…
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Romania joins CEE’s emerging market for financeable solar-plus-storage
Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Only a few days ago a new piece of news made waves across the Romanian and CEE energy space: EBRD announced that it…
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Italy to Unlock 37.15 GW of New Renewable Capacity Under €23bn FER X Framework
Italy has put in place one of its most significant new frameworks for renewable electricity investment, opening the way for up to 37.15 GW of additional renewable capacity under…
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Aura Power and Verdant Energy merge to create 11GW UK solar and battery storage platform
Aura Power and Verdant Energy have merged to create one of the UK’s largest privately backed solar and battery storage independent power producers (IPPs), combining around 1GW…
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Poland’s Electrification Decade: The Race to Build a New Energy System – Part II
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. This article is the second instalment of an eight-part series, “Poland’s Electrification Decade: The Race to Build a New Energy System,” examining the market forces, infrastructure…
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Poland’s UDER92 reform could unlock gigawatts of renewable energy investment by speeding up grid access
Poland is preparing one of its most important energy market reforms in recent years, with the UDER92 deregulation package aimed at removing regulatory bottlenecks that have slowed renewable energy…
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Elgin expands UK solar ambitions with long-term PPA agreements for 112.6 MW portfolio
Irish renewable energy developer Elgin has signed a series of long-term PPAs with Erova Energy Group, securing route-to-market services for a 112.6 MW portfolio of UK solar projects. The agreements…
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Poland’s Electrification Decade: The Race to Build a New Energy System – Part I
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Poland has become one of Europe’s most important energy investment markets. Driven by rapid economic growth, rising electricity demand and one of the continent’s…
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Electricity Is Becoming a Location-Specific Industrial Asset Again
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. “The world is moving quickly into the age of electricity.” With this observation, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, captured one…
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Energy Cybersecurity in Europe: Securing the Digital Backbone of the Energy Transition
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Europe’s energy transition is creating one of the most digitally advanced power systems in the world. Smart grids, renewable generation, artificial intelligence, digital twins,…
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Lithuania Adds Another Utility-Scale Solar Project as Grid Expansion Keeps Pace with Renewable Growth
Lithuania has taken another step in strengthening its renewable electricity system after transmission system operator Litgrid connected a new utility-scale solar park in Kaišiadorys District to the national grid.…
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The Cheapest Electricity Is Not Always the Most Valuable: Challenging One of the Solar Industry’s Biggest Assumptions
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. China may be pointing the industry towards a different future The solar industry has spent the last decade pursuing one overriding objective: reducing the…
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The Best Grid Connection May Be No Grid Connection
Why the Next Generation of Renewable Projects Will Start with Customers Rather Than the Grid For decades, renewable energy developers have followed a familiar sequence. Find suitable…
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Why Google’s Biggest Solar Project Is Not Really About Solar
How the Steel River Energy Center Signals the Next Phase of Renewable Energy Economics At first glance, Google’s latest renewable energy investment looks like another headline about…
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Solar 2.0: The Evolution of Solar Plants into Intelligent Power Infrastructure
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. The Solar Industry Has Won Its First Battle. The Next One Will Be Much Harder. The solar industry has spent the last two decades…
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Lithuania’s Renewable Market Enters the Portfolio Optimisation Era: Why Merchant Risk Alone Is No Longer Enough
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Lithuania’s renewable revenue model is changing Lithuania’s renewable energy market is entering a new phase. After several years of rapid solar and wind expansion,…
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Lukas Savickas Takes Charge of Lithuania’s Energy Ministry as Focus Shifts from Energy Security to Economic Competitiveness
Lithuania has entered a new chapter in its energy transition with the appointment of Lukas Savickas as Minister of Energy following the July 2026 government reshuffle. His arrival comes…
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Lithuania’s Renewable Transition Enters a New Phase as Battery Storage Takes Centre Stage
Lithuania’s energy transition has reached a defining moment. The country is moving beyond the initial phase of renewable energy expansion and entering a more complex stage: building…
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Physical PPAs are reshaping Europe’s renewable energy market as corporate demand accelerates
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. This three-part analysis by The Voice of Renewables explores how physical power purchase agreements (PPAs) have evolved from a niche procurement tool into one of the…
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Bohr Energie secures a €10 million Series A round led by Suma Capital to scale its energy renewable and flexibility platform
French energy technology company Bohr Energie has secured €10 million in Series A funding to accelerate the expansion of its renewable energy optimisation platform, as demand grows for technologies…
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Velto Renewables secures €800 million refinancing to strengthen Spanish solar portfolio and prepare for expansion
Velto Renewables has completed an €800 million refinancing of one of Spain’s largest portfolios of operational solar photovoltaic assets, providing the company with greater financial flexibility as…
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Solar for Hydrogen: Why Photovoltaics Are Becoming the Engine of the Green Hydrogen Economy
The Voice of Renewables conducted an extensive international research project examining one of the fastest-evolving trends in the global energy transition: the growing integration of utility-scale solar power…
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Portugal Bets on Storage: How September’s 1 GW Auction Marks a New Era for Renewable Energy
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. Europe’s renewable leaders are no longer competing to build more generation – they are competing to build flexibility. Portugal’s first large-scale energy storage auction…
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Moldova’s Energy System Enters the Integration Phase
A Year of Acceleration, Integration and Hard Constraints The Moldova Energy Forum, organised by The Voice of Renewables in cooperation with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of…
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Beyond OPEX: How Smart Asset Management Is Redefining Renewable Energy Performance
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. The Voice of Renewables editorial team has prepared a new ten-part feature series exploring how renewable energy asset management is evolving from a traditional…
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From Local Utility to System Architect: Stadtwerke München’s Renewable Strategy
Stadtwerke München has emerged as one of Germany’s most structurally significant municipal energy and infrastructure companies, not through a single technology bet, but through the deliberate construction of…
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Chile’s water industry: how mining, renewable energy and data centres are reshaping the country’s water future
Chile’s Water Sector Has Become a Strategic Infrastructure Industry For much of the past decade, Chile’s water challenges have been viewed primarily through the lens of drought.…
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Greece solar PV + battery storage: bankable investment framework under curtailment and flexibility penetration scenarios (2026–2032)
Investment Summary Greece’s solar PV and battery storage market is transitioning into a structurally differentiated investment environment where returns are increasingly determined not by technology type alone,…
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EnBW commissions Wangen im Allgäu solar park
PV plant supplies around 2,350 households with solar power; battery storage system improves grid flexibility and enables time-shifted renewable energy supply Since mid-September 2025 the new solar…
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Ingka Group enters Spanish solar market as Iberia becomes a core pillar of its global renewable energy strategy
Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer and long-term clean energy investor through Ingka Group, has acquired its first two solar parks in Spain, marking a significant expansion of…
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Assessment of Chile’s 2026/01 Electricity Supply Tender: Opportunities and Risks for Renewable Energy Developers
Chile’s National Energy Commission (CNE) has released the preliminary terms for its 2026/01 electricity supply tender, seeking 2,835 GWh of electricity per year through long-term contracts. This…
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Chile’s energy transition: from renewable expansion to execution, infrastructure and industrial growth
Chile’s energy transition in 2026 is no longer defined by questions of ambition, resource availability or even technology cost. Those debates have largely been resolved in favour…
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Irish Developer Net Zero Energy Unveils Plans for €2 Billion Green Energy Park in Carlow
Plans to develop a 600MW Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) facility, which will use excess renewable energy to generate green hydrogen for electricity generation, have today been…
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Renopool Solar Project: Plenitude Completes Its Largest 330 MW Photovoltaic Plant Worldwide
Plenitude has started production at the second 200 MW block of the Renopool photovoltaic project, located in the municipality of Solana de los Barros, in Badajoz, Extremadura…
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ACCIONA Energía doubles its energy storage plan in Chile
ACCIONA Energía has announced the construction of a new 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Chile’s Atacama Desert, doubling its planned energy storage capacity in the…
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EBRD backs €175m PPC financing to accelerate 400 MW renewable expansion in Southeast Europe
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €175 million loan to Public Power Corporation (PPC) to support renewable energy projects across Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. This financing…
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EBRD supports Kawar Energy’s expansion in Jordan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to US$ 12.1 million (€10.4 million) to Kawar Energy, a leading Jordanian renewable energy…
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Litgrid and Gijos ink agreement on flexible electricity consumption projects
Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid and Gijos, the company managing Vilnius’s urban energy ecosystem, have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the connection of 32 MW…
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Matrix Renewables and SOLV Energy break ground on 457 MWdc Tormes Solar Project in Navarro County, Texas
Matrix Renewables, the TPG Rise-backed global renewable energy platform, and EPC contractor SOLV Energy announced the start of construction on the Tormes Solar Project, marked by a…
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Vattenfall builds first solar park using low-emission steel
When constructing the large-scale Juliusburg/Krukow solar park in Germany, Vattenfall is cutting CO₂ emissions across the construction phase and supply chain by 67% through the use of low-emission steel…
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Greece is signalling a “mature renewables market” phase and unveiling sweeping new planning framework for renewables with much stricter environmental safeguards
Greece has unveiled a comprehensive new Special Spatial Planning Framework for Renewable Energy Sources (RES), introducing significantly stricter land-use rules for solar and wind developments while aiming…
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NextEra and Dominion to Create Largest Regulated Utility
NextEra Energy, Inc. and Dominion Energy, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction. Dominion Energy shareholders will…
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European Energy begins construction on Italy’s largest agrivoltaic project
European Energy has started construction on a 225.5 MW agrivoltaic project near Vizzini in Sicily, following a final investment decision exceeding EUR 200 million. The project is…
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Qair awarded CfDs for 190 MWp of solar projects in the UK
Independent renewable energy company Qair announced the award of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for 190 MWp of solar projects in the UK marking the start of its…
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EBRD finances €34 million for major solar projects in Romania
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a senior secured loan of up to €34 million to Solar World SRL, RB Solar Energy SRL…
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Lyra Energy secures private sector offtake for a 255 MW solar power plant
Scatec’s joint venture renewable energy platform in South Africa, Lyra Energy (Lyra), has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with three top tier commercial and industrial offtakers for…
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European Energy inaugurates Northern Europe’s largest combined solar and battery park in Kvosted
European Energy has inaugurated Northern Europe’s largest combined solar and battery park in Kvosted, Denmark. The hybrid asset includes a 200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS),…
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners acquires Ørsted’s European onshore business
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its fifth flagship fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has agreed to acquire Ørsted’s European onshore business with over 800 MW in…
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Schroders Greencoat buys 283 MW solar PV in the UK
Schroders Greencoat, the specialist energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, has entered into an agreement with METLEN Energy & Metals, a multinational industrial and energy company,…
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Enery starts the Ogrezeni project, one of Europe’s largest solar and BESS plants
Enery, an independent renewable power producer in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) announces the start of the Ogrezeni hybrid project, combining photovoltaic (PV) generation with battery storage,…
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PowerBank Announces New 5 MW Distributed Solar and Battery Energy Storage System Project in New York
PowerBank Corporation announced it has executed a lease agreement on a 5 MW AC hybrid solar plus battery energy storage project known as the NY-Holland Glnwd project…
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Wärtsilä’s to support Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a ten-year optimised maintenance agreement with the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) in the United States. The agreement covers KYMEA’s new 75…
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Encavis acquires a high-capacity portfolio of five solar parks in Italy.
Encavis, the Hamburg-based wind and solar park operator, has acquired five solar parks with a total generation capacity of 265 megawatts (MW) from EDP Renewables Italia Holding…
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Plenitude drives its expansion in Spain with the start of operations at the Caparacena 150 MW solar plant
Plenitude today inaugurates the Caparacena solar project in Chimeneas (Granada) at a ceremony attended also by institutional representatives, including the Secretary General of Energy of the Junta…
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Energy Aggregators in Lithuania: Market Overview and Emerging Dynamics
Lithuania has rapidly become one of the most dynamic markets in Europe for energy aggregation, driven by its fast-growing renewable energy capacity, advanced smart-metering infrastructure, and regulatory…
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Scatec signs equity partnership agreements for Obelisk in Egypt
Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, has signed shareholder agreements with Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries and EDF power solutions, an international…
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European Energy gets CfD’s on five solar projects in Italy totalling 513 MW
The Italian energy agency GSE has awarded European Energy Contract for Difference (CfD) tariffs for five solar projects with a combined capacity of 513 MW. The projects…
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Lazard Sustainable Private Infrastructure Fund Completes Sale of Shawton Energy
Lazard Asset Management today announced that the Lazard Sustainable Private Infrastructure Fund has successfully completed the sale of its interest in Shawton Energy Limited to AMPYR Distributed…
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Romania’s Solar & Storage Outlook for 2026: Clarity, Discipline and the Rise of Hybrid Assets
Romania enters 2026 with renewed momentum across its solar and energy-storage markets — but also with a sharper sense of discipline. The era of inflated pipelines and…
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Schoenherr advises Enery on acquisition of Slovakia’s largest operational solar PV portfolio
Schoenherr advised Enery, a leading independent green power producer in Central Eastern Europe, on its acquisition of a portfolio of 32 operational photovoltaic (PV) power plants across…
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Energy Transition in the Baltic States: Key Challenges and Opportunities Discussed at the Baltic Electricity Market Forum
The Baltic States are at a pivotal moment in their energy transition, where it is essential to strike a balance between market competitiveness, grid security, supply reliability,…
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Lithuania Powers Ahead: Renewables, Storage, and Grid Upgrades Transform Energy Future
In October 2025, Lithuania continued to make significant strides in its energy transition, focusing on expanding renewable generation, energy storage, and grid resilience. The country has been…
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Lithuania’s Renewable Energy Boom: Record Growth and the Path to Unlocking Its Full Potential
Written for The Voice of Renewables by Renwise. Lithuania’s renewable energy capacity is growing impressively, but faces a reality that is holding back projects: only a fifth…
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Enery acquires Slovakia’s largest operational solar PV portfolio from ContourGlobal
Enery, a leading independent green power producer in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced the acquisition of Project Lassie—a portfolio comprising 32 operational photovoltaic (PV) power plants across…
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Greenvolt secures €35 Million financing for Large-Scale hybrid project of over 150 MW in Denmark
The Greenvolt Group, through Greenvolt Power, has signed a €35 million project finance agreement with Ringkjøbing Landbobank to finance the construction and operation of a large-scale hybrid project in Høegholm, Denmark,…
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INVL Renewable Energy Fund I-managed REFI Sun raised more than EUR 5 million in public bond offering
REFI Sun, a company owned by INVL Renewable Energy Fund I, which is managed by INVL Asset Management, the leading alternative asset manager in the Baltics, raised…
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Saras completed the sale of SarHelianto S.r.l. to PLT energia
Saras S.p.A. announces that Sardeolica S.r.l. has sold its subsidiary SarHelianto S.r.l., to PLT energia S.r.l., a leading Italian operator in the renewable energy sector. SarHelianto S.r.l.…
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Lithuania Boosts Renewable Energy Output by 16% in Q3 2025 — Local Generation Covers 70% of Electricity Demand
Lithuania’s electricity transmission system operator “Litgrid” has published the country’s electricity system indicators for July–September 2025. In the third quarter of this year, electricity production in Lithuania increased by 16% compared to…
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European Energy divests combined solar and battery park in Latvia to Sampension
European Energy sells 50% of its 111 MW Saldus solar and battery project in Latvia to Sampension, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds. The project combines a…
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Estonia Estonia Backs Stronger EU and NATO Cooperation with Azerbaijan, Highlights Energy and Digital Partnership Opportunities
Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna is visiting Azerbaijan with an Estonian business delegation to strengthen economic and digital cooperation between the two countries. The delegation includes 15 companies…
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Low Renewable Generation and Transmission Constraints Drive Lithuanian Power Price Surge
Cool and overcast weather last week increased electricity consumption and led to low solar power generation. Calm weather on Sunday evening and this morning caused electricity price…
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METLEN inks 10-year 235 MW solar PPA with ENGIE
METLEN announces the signing of a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ENGIE, a leading energy transition utility. Under the PPA, METLEN will supply solar generated power from six sites…
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EBRD backs Croatia’s first grid-scale battery storage and virtual power plant
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a direct equity investment of up to €16.8 million in IE‑Energy Projekt, a newly established joint‑stock company developing a…
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Cybersecurity challenges for the renewable energy sector
Author: Davide Barbieri, PhD As renewable energy becomes the backbone of global decarbonisation, the sector faces a rapidly growing but often underestimated risk: cyberthreats. Solar farms, wind…
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Renalfa IPP Completes Repowering of Kaolinovo Solar Park in Bulgaria
Renalfa IPP has completed the repowering of its Kaolinovo photovoltaic (PV) park in Northeast Bulgaria, which is now fully operational. Originally commissioned in 2012 with a capacity…
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UK Government Unveils Plan to Create 400,000 Clean Energy Jobs by 2030
The UK government has announced a major initiative to boost the clean energy workforce, aiming to create 400,000 new jobs by 2030. The move is part of…
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Greek PPC 5NC2 green SUN final terms: €775m at 4.25%
Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC), Greece’s largest electricity supplier, has recently issued a €775 million green bond under the “5NC2 Green SUN” structure, marking a significant step…
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Decarbonising Lithuanian Industry: Policy, Projects & Players
Lithuania is making strong strides toward decarbonising its industry through a combination of ambitious policy, green‑investment projects, growing cleantech capacity, and evolving regulatory frameworks. Key sectors —…
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Scatec’s Release Signs 64 MW Solar and 10 MWh Battery Storage Deals in Liberia and Sierra Leone with World Bank-Backed Support
Release by Scatec, majority owned by Scatec ASA has signed new lease agreements totalling 64 MW of solar power and 10 MWh of battery storage across Liberia…
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20 MW of Solar and BESS Power Purchase Agreements Secured by PowerBank with the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA)
PowerBank Corporation announced it has executed lease and power purchase agreements with the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) for the development of a…
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Imerys and ENGIE Sign 10-Year Renewable PPA to Power European Operations with Solar Energy
Imerys, the global leader in mineral-based specialty solutions, has entered into a 10-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with ENGIE, a world leader in low-carbon energy and…
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Infineon to purchase long-term green electricity from wind farms in Brandenburg, Germany and solar plants in Spain
Infineon Technologies AG has concluded Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with PNE AG and Statkraft for green electricity. Over the next ten years, Infineon will purchase green electricity…
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DRI and DCH Partner to Develop 92 MWp of Agrivoltaic Solar Projects in Italy
Through the acquisition of a majority stake in two agrivoltaic projects from DCH, DRI marks another significant step forward in the development of renewable energy portfolio in Italy. …
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Taaleri SolarWind III Fund invests in a 112 MW wind farm in Latvia
Taaleri Energia’s SolarWind III Fund has invested in Smiltene, a wind farm located in Latvia, approximately 120 kilometres northeast of Riga. The Fund and AEI, a fund…
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Apple expands renewable energy projects across Europe
Apple is significantly expanding its clean energy projects across Europe with new large-scale solar and wind farms now in development in Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.…
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The 2025 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics: How Quantum Physics and Molecular Chemistry Are Powering the Future of Clean Energy
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for their pioneering work on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) — porous crystalline materials constructed from metal ions…
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Hash Functions and Merkle Trees: Securing Data in European Energy Utilities
Europe’s energy sector is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation. Smart grids, renewable integration, and decentralised energy markets are redefining how electricity is generated, distributed and traded. This…
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Poland Passes New Renewable Energy Law: Key Changes for Offshore Wind, Prosumers, and Energy Cooperatives
Polish Government, the Sejm, has adopted new legislation for the renewable energy sector by an overwhelming majority. The new law primarily concerns offshore wind energy but also…
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Greece Balances Growth and Challenges in Its Renewable Energy Transition
Weekly round-up of the latest developments in Greece’s energy sector, based on research by The Voice of Renewables. From policy updates and major investments to the challenges facing industry…
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Lithuania’s Energy Revolution: Balancing Ambition and Reality
A Bold Path to Independence Lithuania’s energy transformation has been nothing short of remarkable. Once heavily reliant on Russian energy imports, the small Baltic nation has reinvented…
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Mars and Cargill deepen renewable energy partnership on innovative 224MWac solar procurement with GoldenPeaks Capital in Poland.
Two leading global food companies, Mars and Cargill, announced they are spurring the development of more than 224MWac* of new renewable energy capacity through five virtual power…
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London’s King’s Cross estate partners with Shawton Energy in landmark virtual solar agreement to accelerate net zero ambitions
King’s Cross, the largest mixed-use development in single ownership to be developed in Central London for over 150 years, has entered into a landmark Virtual Power Purchase…
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Austria’s Energy Transition Milestone: New Dobl-Zwaring Solar Park Powers Over 5,000 Homes
Enery has inaugurated one of the largest photovoltaic plants in Styria, which, together with Energie Steiermark, will now supply around 5,450 households with green electricity. A historic…
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Wind Power Offsets Decline in Solar Generation, Keeping September Electricity Prices in Lithuania Stable
Electricity prices in Lithuania remained stable in September 2025 despite falling solar output and rising consumption, thanks to stronger wind generation, increased thermal production, and higher import…
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Poland Secures €189M Loan to Modernize Power Grid and Boost Energy Security
Poland’s power transmission system operator, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), has secured an increased loan exceeding 800 million zlotys (€189 million) from the National Power Grid Reconstruction Plan (KPO), provided by Bank Gospodarstwa…
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Greece’s Renewable Energy 2025: Growth Surges Amid Grid and Storage Challenges
Greece has entered 2025 with a renewable energy sector that is simultaneously thriving and troubled. Installed capacity has climbed to record levels, with solar photovoltaics and wind…
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L&G NTR Clean Power Europe Fund Acquires 105MWp Ballydonagh Solar Project from RES
The L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund today announces the acquisition of Ballydonagh Solar Limited, a 105MWp solar project, from renewable energy company, RES. Located in Co.…
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Simtel and HEPA Energy to develop one of the largest hybrid photovoltaic and storage projects in Romania
Simtel, an engineering and technology group listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange and one of the leading players in Romania’s renewable energy sector,…
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Moldova’s Election Results Clear Path for a Renewable Energy Future
Moldova’s ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) scored a clear victory in yesterday’s parliamentary election, securing just over 50% of the vote and a working…
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Plenitude commissions 50 MW Solar Power Plant in Kazakhstan.
Plenitude announces the commissioning of the 50 MW Solar Power Plant in Zhanaozen, Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. The plant is a part of an innovative project led by…
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European Energy inaugurates its first hybrid park with solar and wind power
European Energy has inaugurated its first hybrid park, which combines solar and wind power. The park is located in Kronoberg county in Sweden and has a 49.6…
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Lithuania Smashes It’s Own Renewable Energy Record
Lithuania just had its biggest month ever for green power. In September, 381 MW of new wind capacity was plugged into the grid – enough to power hundreds of…
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European Energy issues new bond on NASDAQ
European Energy has successfully issued a new bond on NASDAQ worth EUR 100m. The bond was met with strong demand from investors and was fully subscribed within…
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AI for Energy Utility Asset Management: Utilities, Transmission & Distribution, and Nuclear – Strategic Impacts, Use Cases, and ROI
Strategic Context Energy operators face increasing pressure to balance reliability, regulatory compliance, sustainability, and cost control. Ageing infrastructure, rising demand, and the growth of intermittent resources such…
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YESS Power Joins the Western Balkans’ Largest Solar Storage Project
In the heart of North Macedonia, a landmark energy project is taking shape — one that could redefine the region’s renewable energy landscape. YESS Power, together with…
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Sonnedix surpasses 800MW capacity in Italy with five renewable project acquisitions and entry into battery storage: on track for 1GW by year end
Sonnedix, a global renewable energy company with over 4GW of operating capacity, has expanded its Italian portfolio with the acquisition of five new projects in Sicily and…
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Ignitis Group and Vilnius University Strengthen Collaboration to Drive AI Innovation in Energy
Ignitis Group has signed a collaboration agreement with Vilnius University (VU), marking the start of a partnership focused on innovation and the application of artificial intelligence in…
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Environment Minister Thekla Walker Opens Energy Park in Gundelsheim, Germany
Gundelsheim. A microcosm of the future energy system is taking shape in the district of Heilbronn – and the first part is already up and running. The…
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La Caisse to acquire Edify, a leading Australian renewable energy and battery storage company
Edify Energy, a leading Australian renewable energy and battery storage company, and global investment group La Caisse (formerly CDPQ), today announced that binding agreements have been entered…
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145 MW Stelpe Solar Farm in Latvia Reaches Full Commercial Operations
The 72.5 megawatt (MW) Stelpe solar farm II, developed in Latvia by Ignitis Renewables, an international green energy company, has reached the commercial operation date. The project…
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A&O Shearman leads Sonnedix through EUR1.37 billion refinancing of European solar asset
A&O Shearman advised global renewable energy producer Sonnedix on its second major refinancing transaction, valued at EUR1.37bn. This deal covers a portfolio of 1,040MW of both existing and…
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DLA Piper advises Rabobank and Siemens Financial Services on Irish solar and BESS portfolio financing for NTR
NTR completes on an initial €65 Million Financing Deal with Rabobank and Siemens Financial Services Funding will enable the construction phase of Irish ready-to-build solar and BESS…
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Beyond the Lowest Bid: What Really Matters in Europe’s Energy Transition
When governments and utilities launch auctions for renewable energy projects, the lowest price used to be the ultimate deciding factor. But in 2025, the picture is more…
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Iberdrola sells its business in Hungary for a total consideration of €171 million
Iberdrola has reached an agreement to sell 100% of the shares of Iberdrola Renovables Magyarország KFT, which owns its business in Hungary, to a consortium formed by Premier…
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Enery Completes Growth Facility with Rivage Investment and Kommunalkredit
Enery, a leading green independent power producer in the CEE region, is pleased to announce the successful placement of a medium-term growth facility with Rivage Investment and…
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Moldova increases RES capacities
The Government of Moldova reconfirmed today the intention to promote the use of energy from renewable sources by extending the application period and increasing the capacities allocated…
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Lithuanian wind power plants produced the most electricity last week
Lithuanian electricity TSO Litgrid reports that electricity prices fell 11 percent as wind speeds increased last week. After wind power generation tripled last week, wholesale electricity prices…
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Eurowind Energy strengthens its position in the Germany
Eurowind Energy is currently building nine projects in Germany, with a total capacity of 242 MW. The construction phase covers everything from the initial planning to the…
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Neoen wins in France
Neoen, one of the world’s leading producers of exclusively renewable energy is announcing that it has been awarded 46.8 MWp in the latest call for tenders held…
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Statkraft divests part of its RES portfolio in India
Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, has signed an agreement to sell parts of its renewable energy portfolio in India to Serentica Renewables. The agreement with…
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Vattenfall commissions Germany’s largest Agri-PV Park
With an installed capacity of 76 megawatts (MWp), the Agri-PV farm Tützpatz is currently the largest ground-mounted solar project in Germany, combining power generation with arable farming…
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Moldova 2050 draft Energy Strategy announced
Following a series of earlier announcements, The Ministry of Energy of Moldova presented the draft Energy Strategy until 2050. The announcement was made at a public event,…
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GreenIT signs €370 million financing agreement to support its 1GW RES plan
GreenIT, the Italian joint venture backed by Plenitude (a company controlled by Eni) and CDP Equity (part of CDP Group), has signed a new project finance agreement…
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Eurowind Energy reaches key milestones with two “Ready to Build” projects in Portugal
Acquisition closings and another PV plant energisation mark a strong summer for Eurowind Energy’s activities in Portugal. Eurowind Energy Portugal has successfully reached Ready-to-Build stage on two projects…
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Moldova approves new PV plant
A construction of a photovoltaic power plant with an installed capacity of 22 MW, equipped with an electricity storage system of 16,512 MWh has been today approved…
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Zelestra and BKW sign innovative long-term BESS tolling agreement
Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has signed a long-term tolling agreement with BKW, a leading energy and infrastructure company based in Switzerland, to deliver…
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Velto Renewables completes acquisition and begins operation of Solar Farm in Southern France
Velto Renewables announces today the completion of the acquisition from QENERGY of the La Gineste solar farm in La Tourette-Cabardès (Aude), France. Developed and constructed by Q…
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ORLEN Lietuva invests in solar energy
ORLEN Lietuva, a subsidiary of ORLEN S.A., is completing the construction of its first renewable energy power plant, directly connected to the Mažeikiai refinery. With an installed…
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Iberdrola strikes a 1,250 GWh PPA in Italy
Iberdrola and Selex Gruppo Commerciale have signed a renewable energy purchase agreement – known as a PPA – for a total of 1,250 GWh. The agreement, signed with the distribution…
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Moldova’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections: A Turning Point for Energy Policy
Parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova in just over a fortnight from today – on 28 September 2025. The outcome of this election will be pivotal…
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One Planet Developments granted planning permission on Essex solar farm
One Planet Developments Limited has been granted planning permission for a 25MW solar farm near Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. The project was approved by Maldon District Council at the…
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greentech reaches Financial Close for £15 million loan with Lombard to build Chalkpit Solar Farm in Kent
greentech, a European solar and storage specialist, and Lombard, a leading UK asset finance provider, have reached financial close on the 25.9 MW Chalkpit Solar Farm in…
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Deep Dive: Moldova’s Energy Independence Driven by Renewables + Auction Insights
Moldova aims to achieve energy independence by 2030. The government’s action plan outlines 22 actions related to major infrastructure projects, increasing local electricity generation capacity from renewable…
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Deep Dive Series: Romania’s Energy Procurement Development
As Romania accelerates its renewable journey in 2025, the landscape of energy procurement is undergoing a bold transformation. Driven by the dual pillars of CfDs and PPAs, the country is cementing…
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