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Voltalia begins work on two solar plants totaling 14.2 MW in southern France Both projects are located in the region of Var and are scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.
Emiliano Bellini
Jul 10, 2017
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Leaked DOE study draft: U.S. grids are getting more reliable, not less A leaked draft of the study ordered by Energy Secretary Perry appears to show what we already knew: That grids are getting more reliable, not less, as wind and solar are added. But the political tampering with the facts may already be happening.
Christian Roselund
Jul 17, 2017
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Spanish PV could go merchant but market must change José Donoso, the president of Madrid-based solar association UNEF, recently spoke to pv magazine about Spain’s latest renewable energy auction, under which 3.9 GW of solar was allocated. He also talked about the spot market, private PPAs and the ways in which future auctions can facilitate the further development of large-scale solar.
Emiliano Bellini
Nov 03, 2017
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Spain’s Extremadura region prepares to host another giant solar plant The new 300 MW project is being planned by U.K.-based Solarcentury, Spanish developer Genia Global Energy, and France’s Canopy.
Emiliano Bellini
Dec 20, 2017
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Private PPAs for renewables reach 5.4 GW in 2017, BNEF says Last year’s result surpassed by more than 1 GW the results registered in 2015 and 2016, when the combined capacity of this market segment reached 4.4 GW and 4.3 GW, respectively.
Emiliano Bellini
Jan 22, 2018
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Spain: Enel, Hive Energy seek to develop more solar parks outside auction scheme The Italian utility has started approval proceedings to build six “grid-parity” projects totaling 257 MW in the region of Extremadura, while the U.K.-based developer is planning to build a 45.6 MW solar plant for the spot market in Andalusia.
Emiliano Bellini
Mar 02, 2018
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Vestas, EDP completes hybrid wind-solar project in southern Spain The Danish wind specialist and the renewable energy unit of the Portuguese utility have installed the 3.3 MW power facility near Cadiz, in the Spanish region of Andalucia. Vestas, however, has said that this project does not represent a step into the solar business.
Emiliano Bellini
Mar 27, 2018
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Baywa r.e. secures PPA for its 170 MW solar project in Spain The solar PV park will be constructed in the Spanish municipality of Alcalá de Guadaíra, in the southern region of Andalusia. The facility will sell power to Norway-based power provider, Statkraft.
Emiliano Bellini
Apr 10, 2018
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Spain’s oil giant Repsol turns to renewables Repsol President Antonio Brufau has ratified the company’s commitment to fighting climate change, while acknowledging the high levels of competitiveness achieved by the renewable energy technologies. In Repsol’s view, however, gas is still considered one of the main pillars of the energy transition, said to ensure a safer power supply than intermittent renewables.
Emiliano Bellini
May 17, 2018
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Water-stressed countries should resort to solar, World Resources Institute says Unlike traditional power generation, wind and solar require zero, or a mimimum amount of, water for the operations of their respective technologies. This may help most Middle Eastern and North African countries solve their chronich water supply issues, as well as several more African, Asian, American and European countries.
Emiliano Bellini
May 17, 2018
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