EDF Renewables signs 1 GW of solar, storage contracts in New York
France’s EDF Renewables has won contracts for three large solar and storage projects, with a combined 1 GW of capacity.
France’s Groupe Casino to sell GreenYellow renewables unit
French energy giants TotalEnergies and Engie are reportedly interesting in acquiring GreenYellow.
EDF building solar park at closed nuclear plant in France
EDF Renouvelables expects to switch on a solar array at a nuclear plant in France in early 2023. It will rely on 22,000 solar modules. The Creys-Malville nuclear plant, which was shut down in 1997, is set to be dismantled by 2024.
Masdar-EDF joint venture bid for more independence
The Emerge operation established by the two companies operates on-site solar panels for companies in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
European utilities, developers ask the EU to support creation of PV supply chain
A group of companies comprising Akuo Energy, Amarenco, BayWa re, EDF Renouvelables, Enel Green Power, Engie, Iberdrola and Vattenfall has sent a letter to the European Commission to ask for a strategy to build up a continental PV supply chain.
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.
EDF inks PPA for 300 MW/600 MWh solar-plus-storage project in the US
The Desert Quartzite Solar+Storage Project is in Riverside County, California, and could enter service in early 2024.
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.
Europe had just 650 MW of solar cell manufacturing capacity at the end of 2020
The latest update to the Photovoltaics Report produced by research organization the Fraunhofer ISE has offered up the usual slew of interesting stats on the state of solar across the continent.
EDF, Macquarie secure 2.4 GW agrivoltaic project portfolio in France
The French utility and Macquarie’s unit Cero Generation have each acquired a 45% stake in France-based agrivoltaic specialist Green Lighthouse Development (GLHD).
