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                 Nordic developer Ilmatar has secured land for a proposed 350MW solar farm in Grums, in central Sweden. Ilmatar has signed a 50-year lease agreement with landowners in the Värmland municipality for the solar farm to be built on 300 hectares to 400…

                    Equinor’s second Polish solar plant has started test production in the north of the country. The 60MW Zagórzyca solar plant, located in the Damnica municipality, was developed and will be operated by the Polish renewable power producer Wento, Equinor’s 100%…

  Enel X has been awarded a tender by Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) to build a 22MW solar plant that will meet the airport’s self-consumption requirements.   The company, part of Enel Group, will deliver the solar plant in collaboration with infrastructure company Circet. Located parallel to runway No.3 at Rome’s…

                 Statkraft has been awarded the contract for a solar-battery project in Zerbst in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt region. The 47MW solar park will be co-located with a 16MW battery to provide short-term flexibility to the energy system. Statkraft won the project as part of…

                 Medical products and technologies company Convatec has proposed creating a wind and solar powered renewable energy hub to power its South Wales manufacturing operation. The project is being developed in partnership with local farmers and would be situated adjacent to Convatec’s manufacturing…

                 Accelerating solar-plus-storage in the next five years will boost the efficiency and resilience of global energy networks, according to 92% of energy industry professionals. The finding is from DNV’s Industry Insights research, which surveyed global energy industry professionals on their outlook, expectations…

                 New research reveals total investment in European solar energy startups is up 398% compared to this time last year. Solar startups in Europe received $6bn in backing in the first five months of 2023, compared with $1.2bn raised by the same point…

                  3SUN, Enel Green Power’s module manufacturing business, has launched three new solar modules, which will be available in 2024. The products based on 3SUN’s hetero-junction technology (HJT) entirely developed by 3SUN and which will be made in Italy. The modules can…

                 Voltalia has officially inaugurated its largest solar park to date in the UK, which it has developed via a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with local authority the City of London Corporation. South Farm Solar Park has a total capacity of 49.9MW,…

                 Renewable Connections, a UK solar and storage developer, has won planning approval for its Balbougie Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Fife, Scotland. The BESS project and its associated cable route and infrastructure were approved by Fife Council’s Planning Committee on 7…