Geneva Airport to host 55,000 square meters of PV modules
The rooftop solar project will be impemented by Geneva Airport (GA) and Services Industriel de Genève (SIG).
Netherlands to install solar highway noise barriers
Dutch headquartered construction firm Heijmans has announced plans to install noise barriers featuring integrated bifacial solar modules on a 400 meter stretch of the A50 road, close to the southeastern town of Uden.
Ikea expands PV module offering to Belgium
Belgium becomes the fifth country worldwide where the Swedish furniture retailer is to sell solar panels after the UK, Poland, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Swedish Energy Agency revises statistics: new additions for 2016 totaled 79.2 MW
The new numbers reveal that the Swedish solar market grew by 63% last year compared to 2015, and that it surpassed 200 MW of cumulative installed power.
BNP Paribas to cease funding shale/tar sands, and increase financing for renewables
French banking group BNP Paribas has announced a series of measures to support the energy transition, including a pledge to cease all business with companies primarily involved in shale gas, tar sands oil and Arctic exploration for oil. The group also plans to increase its total financing for renewable energy projects to €15 billion by 2020.
Clean Growth Strategy: has solar become a dirty word for UK government?
The £2.5 billion Clean Growth Strategy makes no direct mention of solar power, despite explicitly laying out support for numerous policies that will rely – directly or indirectly – on the presence of PV, such as EV charging, property retrofits and green mortgages.
Greenpeace applies solar pressure on EU leaders
The global environmental organization’s ‘Go Solar’ campaign urges the European Commission to introduce EU policies designed to usher in 100% renewable energy era, with solar at the forefront of change.
Solar again overlooked in UK’s £557m clean energy support package
Confirmation of sizeable financial support for offshore wind, marine power, biomass CHP and energy from waste welcomed by renewable energy groups, but government’s solar blind spot continues.
Netherlands to close all coal plants by 2030
Announcement today by Dutch government seen as progressive step for renewables in the country. New legislation requires all coal-fired generation plants to be idled by 2030 and to meet more stringent emissions limits from 2021.
Drax teams with Sheffield Uni on battery research drive
British power group sponsoring three PhD projects at the University of Sheffield to support research designed to revolutionize country’s energy future.
