Renewable Energy

UK has awarded a total of 3.7 GW new renewable energy capacity for AR5 auction round.

Global investment and management platform Qualitas Energy has raised €280 million ($300 million) as refinancing for its Mula PV Project in Spain’s Murcia.

Italy’s total installed solar PV capacity at the end of June 2023 grew to 27.37 GW with the addition of 2.32 GW deployed in H1/2023.

The ABCD-Horizon consortium plans to install solar PV systems at 45 rest areas in Romandie, Valais and Bern regions.

Serbia’s inaugural wind and solar energy auction is part of the government’s 1.3 GW Incentive System Plan to be completed over 3 years.

The monthly solar installations in Germany are inching closer to the required 1.57 GW to achieve the 215 GW target by 2030.

A lack of clear policy support, raw material dependency, and higher production costs are inhibiting the localization of European solar manufacturing, despite strong demand.

In a new monthly column for pv magazine, SolarPower Europe describes how Mozambique may take full advantage of its huge solar potential by implementing its recently launched Renewable Energy Auctions Programme for large-scale projects, while also pushing for more off-grid renewables in remote areas.

In 2022, off-grid solar kit sales reached a record-breaking 9.5 million units. This is almost 1 million more than the 8.5 million units sold in 2019.

SEG Solar (SEG), a US producer of photovoltaic modules for the utility, commercial and residential markets, was added to the BloombergNEF (BNEF) list of Tier 1 global solar manufacturers for Q3 2023.

Although raw material costs in China are slowly stabilizing again, PV module prices continue to decline, as inventory levels remain very high.

The lowest solar bid in Serbia’s inaugural renewable energy auction was €0.08865 ($0.096)/kWh. The exercise is planned to allocate 50 MW of solar and 400 MW of wind power.

Romania is to start with 2 GW onshore wind and solar auction out of its multi-year plan to award a total of 10 GW capacity under CfD scheme.

Hungary’s €2.36 billion scheme for accelerated investments in strategic sectors, including solar PV, has secured a green signal from the European Commission.

Launched in March 2023, UK’s AR5 auction round initially had a budget of £205 million which has now been raised to £227 million.