Europe & UK

Europe & UK

OX2 applies for a Natura 2000 permit for a wind farm in the Baltic Sea, Sweden – EQ Mag Pro

March 14, 2022 Anand Gupta

OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. The name of the wind farm is Aurora and it will be located 20 kilometers south of Gotland and 30 kilometers east of Öland. The wind farm will consist […]

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Germany awards 1.33GW in latest onshore auction – EQ Mag Pro

March 14, 2022 Anand Gupta

Federal Network Agency says the average price of bids was €57.7/MWh Germany has awarded over 1330MW of onshore wind capacity in the country’s latest auction. The Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) said it 141 bids were successful for 1,332,249kW in the sale launched on 1 February. The lowest bid value received was €47.7 a megawatt-hour, with […]

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RWE drives expansion of renewables: Two new wind farms for Germany – EQ Mag Pro

March 12, 2022 Anand Gupta

Double success for RWE in onshore wind power infrastructure auction: The German Federal Network Agency has awarded it the Grevenbroich wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Bartelsdorf 2 project in Lower Saxony. These positive decisions will help RWE to accelerate its expansion of renewables in Germany. This year alone, the company is investing about […]

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Octopus Renewables to purchase wind farms in UK and Europe – EQ Mag Pro

March 12, 2022 Anand Gupta

The deals are expected to expand the company’s wind portfolio by up to 90% over the next decade. UK-based renewable energy company Octopus Renewables has signed deals to acquire four wind farms in the UK and Europe. Reuters reported that the wind farms are located in the UK, Sweden, France and Finland. Octopus Renewables has […]

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16.5MW Lancaster University solar farm given green light – EQ Mag Pro

March 9, 2022 Anand Gupta

A 16.5MW solar farm to be built on land owned by Lancaster University as part of the university’s goals of becoming net zero for utility-based energy emissions by 2030 has been granted planning permission. The university submitted the planning application for the solar farm in October 2021. The solar farm – which is to include […]

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IBC SOLAR Energy is expanding its project portfolio in Hungary 96 MWp – EQ Mag Pro

March 9, 2022 Anand Gupta

Subsidiary of IBC SOLAR AG designs PV projects with a capacity of 51 and 45 megawatt peak. Bad Staffelstein / Budapest, March 08, 2022 – IBC SOLAR Energy, the international project division of IBC SOLAR AG, has signed contracts for the realization of two megawatt solar parks in Hungary with a nominal capacity of 51 […]

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Enphase Energy Expands Battery Storage in Belgium – EQ Mag Pro

March 8, 2022 Anand Gupta

FREMONT, Calif : Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced today that Enphase installers in Belgium have seen a growing number of deployments of the Enphase® Energy System, powered by IQ™ Microinverters and IQ™ Batteries, following the launch of the […]

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Anesco gets the green light for trio of solar farms – EQ Mag Pro

March 4, 2022 Anand Gupta

Anesco gets the green light for trio of solar farms Anesco has secured planning approval for a trio of solar farms in the UK, as investor appetite for large scale solar and storage projects continues to soar. Construction of the first solar farm, High Meadow 2, a 10MW solar development in Stockton-on-Tees, will get underway […]

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Harmony Energy, a leading independent developer of renewable energy assets, has expanded its operations overseas with the launch of a new affiliate business in France – EQ Mag Pro

March 4, 2022 Anand Gupta

Harmony has successfully operated in the UK renewable energy sector for more than 12 years, developing wind, solar and battery energy storage assets to help support the UK’s energy transition. Now, with the formation of Harmony Energy France, it will take that same ambition to France with the aim of positively contributing to the increasingly […]

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European Nuclear Fusion “Artificial Sun” Produces 59 million Joules of Continuous Energy in New Milestone – EQ Mag Pro

March 4, 2022 Anand Gupta

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The European nuclear fusion “artificial sun” has reached a new milestone. The Joint European Torus (JET) in the UK successfully generated 59 million joules (MJ) of energy for 5 seconds, with an average power of 11MW, setting a new record. According to the latest press release, JET’s previous experimental record in 1997 was 22 million […]