Kazatomprom launches tender for sale of solar manufacturing units
The Kazakh state-owned national atomic energy company will start receiving bids for the acquisition of its three solar manufacturing subsidiaries on September 8. Purchase price was set at around $14 million.
Better Energy to build 51 MW solar farm in Denmark
The Danish clean energy developer has secured a €33m loan from the Danish Green Investment Fund to construct the plant, which will become the country’s third-largest.
UK solar energy market expands further after investment by Dutch firm
Dutch company Maas Capital to invest £160 Million into U.K. social solar scheme that aims to to help low income areas.
France registers 233 MW of new PV capacity in first half of 2017
The country’s cumulative installed PV power reached 7.4 GW as of the end of June. Around 115 of the newly installed capacity for the six months of this year come from installations exceeding 250 kW.
Netherlands allocates 2.3 GW of solar in spring round of SDE+ program for large-scale renewables
Overall, the Dutch government allocated 3.2 GW of renewable energy generation capacity through the latest round of the program, which is open to solar and clean energy projects larger in size than 15 kW.
Sweden allocates additional funds for solar rebates
A further 200 million SEK will be allocated for 2017, while another 525 million SEK will be provided in 2018. The funds will be used to support residential and commercial rooftop solar.
UK added 900 MW of solar in H1 2017, government data shows
The U.K. solar PV market has grown by 900 MW in the first half of the year to reach 12.7 GW, according to preliminary statistics published by the government.
Commercial PV is a profitable business in Sweden, study
The study by the Swedish energy agency Energimyndigheten reveals that several companies in the Scandinavian country find PV a profitable solution, even without any sort of incentive.
Dutch milk producer FrieslandCampina plans giant rooftop PV project
The world’s largest dairy co-operative will install rooftop solar arrays on 310 facilities of its members in the Netherlands under the SDE+ program.
UK to transform three landfill sites into 70 MW of solar farms
Resource management company Veolia, which dominates the county’s waste management landscape, has secured planning permission on three landfill sites to create 70 MW of solar installations.
