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Cox Energy finalizes acquisition of Abengoa

Cox Energy secured the assets of Abengoa in April 2023. Abengoa began insolvency proceedings for its main business unit in May 2022.

Acciona finishes PV-powered irrigation system without batteries

Acciona has completed a 1.5 MW solar plant that powers an irrigation system covering 3,400 hectares in northeastern Spain, serving 150 irrigator…

Gran Canaria moves forward with 200 MW pumped hydro project

The authorities on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria have decided to resume work on a 200 MW pumped hydro project after they determined that ca…

PowerField installs first batteries for energy storage

In the coming weeks, PowerField will install batteries for the storage of solar energy. These batteries will be installed at the Dutch solar par…

Bifacial thermophovoltaic cell for waste heat recovery

Spanish scientists have created a bifacial thermophotovoltaic cell that reportedly provides high power and efficient energy conversion at modera…

Winaico unveils new 410 W solar modules

Winaico's new PV modules are based on monocrystalline half-cells and a 10-busbar design, with a power conversion efficiency of 21.0%.

It’s a good idea to charge an EV with solar when we’re socially distanced

Is there any good reason for putting solar on a Tesla Cybertruck? Or is it just virtue signaling? On the other hand, how far are you driving tom…

For a bigger battery, just add manganese

Scientists at the University of Southern Denmark working with sodium-ion batteries found that a new electrode material incorporating iron, manga…

Broken promises: Legal recourse for retroactive FIT cuts

Generous feed-in tariffs, a short-lived boom and retroactive cuts – the early stages of large-scale solar deployment in Europe followed a regret…

Jinko ships 300 MW for project in southern Spain

The Chinese module manufacturer has provided Cheetah panels for the Talasol project in the municipality of Talaván, near Cáceres in the southern…

MW-sized solar park for 100% self-consumption in Denmark

A 4.8 MW solar park, which is being built by Danish developer Better Energy, will cover 20% of total power demand of a new hospital complex in O…

First corporate PPA for large-scale PV announced in Poland

The PPA relates to a 5 MW solar project that the renewable energy unit of local utility PGE is developing in south-central Poland. The facility,…

Are Greece’s solar tenders ill-designed?

Greece has run solar tenders on three different occasions in the past year, awarding a total of 546 MW of new PV capacity. In all three instance…

Experienced UK solar energy company is exporting solar panels to homes, businesses across Europe

Voltacon Solar, which is based at the Burnsall Road Industrial Estate in Coventry, was established in 2002 and assembles and tests off grid and…

The weekend read: A watershed year for Belgium

Belgium market update: Once among Europe’s leaders in solar PV deployment, with more than 1 GW of capacity added in its peak year of 2011, Belgi…

Czech Republic provides incentives for solar-plus-storage

The Czech government is supporting the adoption of solar-plus-storage solutions through a specific incentive program. Each kW of PV installed mu…