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Why are prices rising in France’s utility-scale PV tenders? Earlier this week, the French government published a list of winning projects for the sixth round of its tender for large-scale solar. There were a few changes from the preceding round, with French companies such as Urbasolar, Engie and Total consolidating their positions. However, even though a higher number of projects were submitted, prices increased slightly in the end. In a short conversation with pv magazine, Xavier Daval — a representative of SER, the French renewable energy association — explained the reasons for this.
Catherine Rollet
Aug 08, 2019
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France allocates 858 MW in PV tender The average price guaranteed to the winners of the tender’s sixth window is €64/MWh. For installations above 5 MW, the price is €59.50/MWh, which is higher than the fifth window.
Catherine Rollet
Aug 06, 2019
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More floating PV for Thailand French floating PV specialist Ciel&Terre is teaming up with SCG, an Asian petrochemical company, to develop floating solar plants at hydroelectric dams in Thailand.
Catherine Rollet
Aug 05, 2019
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Edison acquires EDF’s Italian solar generation assets By adding 77 MW of solar generation capacity and 256 MW of wind assets the power company wants to become number two in the Italian wind sector and engage in a significant development of solar.
Catherine Rollet
Jun 21, 2019
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France resumes self-consumption tenders The procurements relate to self-consumption projects with a generation capacity of 100 kW-1 MW. The next tender will be launched in September and will allocate 25 MW of solar capacity. The tenders had been suspended because of low interest and disproportionately high final tariffs for surplus power injected into the grid.
Catherine Rollet
Jun 20, 2019
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Belgium sees the biggest PPA-driven solar installation commissioned since 2013 With a capacity of 2,2 MW, the rooftop array is at the industrial plant of Belgian company Ontex, which will buy almost all the electricity generated from project developer Menapy under a 15-year power supply deal.
Catherine Rollet
Jun 06, 2019
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Engie signs MoU in Djibouti for 30 MW solar plant This project is part of the Djiboutian government’s efforts to develop renewable energy in the country, with a target to achieve 100% renewable generation by 2020.
Catherine Rollet
Jun 04, 2019
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French energy agency says ‘neglected’ areas offer 53 GW of PV potential The Ademe has identified 17,764 sites that could help France’s ambitious solar plans to materialize. Many neglected areas that are suitable for solar are old deposits of hydrocarbons, but parking lots also offer an additional 4 GW of potential.
Catherine Rollet
May 27, 2019
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Luxembourg raises solar FITs For installations with a generation capacity of less than 10 kW, the feed-in tariff will rise 36% to €0.165/kWh and all installations below 500 kW are set to benefit from an improved regulatory framework.
Catherine Rollet
May 13, 2019