Solar power

Country’s largest solar plant now operational

Slovenia's largest solar power plant has been launched. Built for €5.5 million adjacent to the Brežice hydropower plant, it has a peak power of 6 MW, enough to meet the electricity needs of about 1,800 households.

What makes it special alongside its size is that it is connected directly to the 110 kilovolt transmission network and forms a hybrid system with the hydropower plant.

Heron signs deal with Meton Energy

Heron Group on Wednesday announced the signing of long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with RWE Renewables Europe & Australia and PPC Renewables, through their joint venture Meton Energy.

Under the terms of the agreement, Heron will supply approximately 192 gigawatt-hours of green electricity each year.

Solar power installed capacity tops 10,000 MW

Türkiye's installed solar power capacity has exceeded 10,000 MW, according to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez.

"This happened thanks to investments made in solar power in the recent years. The pace of investments suggest that installed capacity will rise further in the upcoming period," he said, speaking at an event in the province of Eskişehir.

Solar investment outshines oil: IEA

Investment in solar power is expected to overtake oil for the first time this year as clean energy spending outpaces that for fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report yesterday. 

While that is a welcome development, warned the IEA that investment in fossil fuels is rising when it should be falling fast to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Mytilineos deal with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

Mytilineos Energy & Metals and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on Thursday announced the signing of a private wire power purchase agreement (PPA) relating to the energy generated from a 4.9-megawatt solar farm in Italy.

The solar power plant will reach commercial operation in mid-2023 and it will be built on the premises of Saint-Gobain's historical factory in Vidalengo, Bergamo.

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