Solar up in Belgium in 2021 but will have work to do as nuclear shutdown nears
Electric transmission company Elia Group noted a bigger slice of the generation mix occupied by nuclear last year, just hours after a London-based consultant said the nation was on track to switch off its reactors before 2026.
The Hydrogen Stream: Storing hydrogen in offshore caverns
Engie unit Tractebel is developing the technology. Elsewhere, the European Commission has approved, under state aid rules, a €900 million German scheme to support investment in green hydrogen production for EU consumption and Spanish company H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies is developing a project to generate up to 1,000kg per day of electrolytic hydrogen in California.
Irish developer secured half the projects in latest South African renewables tender
The weighted average cost of the electricity to be generated by the latest 975 MW fleet of solar projects procured by a national tender program has fallen more than 50% from the level recorded in the last such exercise, which was abandoned six years ago.
Supply chain and trade woes blamed as Engie cancels a solar+storage project in the U.S.
The French energy company blamed interconnection costs along with global supply chain and production issues, and tariff and trade disputes.
UK retailers sign 130 MW of solar PPAs as electricity prices surge
UK electricity retailers are ramping up their efforts to sign power purchase agreements for PV projects.
Re-Source 2021 Recap
Re-Source 2021 took place in Amsterdam at the end of last week, and pv magazine was there to cover the event where the suppliers and sellers of renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) meet the (largely corporate) buyers, though encouraging PPA uptake among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) was among the major talking points, including ‘additionality’, de-risking renewable PPAs and 24/7 matching.
Mobile solar unit to power green hydrogen at platinum mine
A 600 kW, container-based solar array will be used to electrolyze green hydrogen at a mine in Limpopo, South Africa after Engie signed a two-year lease for the mobile system, at Anglo American’s Mogalakwena site.
Bboxx cottons on to pay-as-you-go potential of Burkina Faso
The PAYG solar start-up, which is a darling of impact investors, has formed a joint venture with French cotton farming giant Geocoton to establish a foothold in Burkina Faso and says it is aiming to offer its solar home systems to 2 million customers.
Beekeeping at existing solar parks in France
Engie Green has joined forces with the associations France Nature Environnement and Apicluster to install beehives at several of its solar PV parks in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur region, in southern France.
Engie exits storage business
The French energy company sold its 60.5% stake in Engie EPS to the Taiwan Cement Corporation for around €132 million.
