Category: European Developers
Whilst storage solutions are more commonly paired with solar projects due to their more consistent energy output, several wind turbine manufacturers have attempted to couple storage solutions to their turbines with varying degrees of success. Attempts to partner the two date back to 2012 and continue to the present day to improve the reliability of […]
Battery storage projects have undergone considerable growth in recent years, in 2019 the industry was estimated to have grown 57% year on year and will continue to do so as the globe undergoes a large-scale energy transition. In 2020, it was predicted that up to 7.2GW of residential battery projects will be constructed by 2024. […]
The combination of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict coupled with the need to tackle climate change has led to large-scale investment in renewable energy development such as wind, solar and hydro. For renewable sources to be an alternative to fossil fuels, considerable investments in storage projects are required to store excess for power supply when production […]
In July 2008, one of the six projects included in the annex of the Paris Declaration was the “Alternative Energies: Mediterranean Solar Plan” which aimed to develop 20GW by 2020. The ultimate goal of the plan was to provide the opportunity for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and to meet the global energy demands. The plans helped kick-start […]
A report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outlined the considerable progress Spain achieved in their goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The report highlights the progress Spain has made on their mission to increase electricity production following the IEA’s initial report in 2015 which demonstrated the problems the country has as their […]
In April 2022, the UK offshore wind sector welcomed the announcement of ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Energy Security Strategy. The plan is to increase offshore wind development to 50GW by the year 2030, including a sub-target of 5GW for floating wind projects and 10GW for hydrogen. In order to achieve this target, the British government […]
Since our launch, our team constantly works on our list of the 400 largest renewable energy developers in Europe. Furthermore, we created a software tool that enables us to crawl the websites of all firms in our developer list. We used that unique combination to analyze the European renewable energy development market for keywords in […]
Floating PV projects (FPV) represent a solution to the challenges faced by developers when attempting to construct large-scaled mounted solar parks such as unsuitable terrain or land unavailability. Floating solar projects are on the rise in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal with RWE, BayWa, and EDP leading the charge in the development of […]
In order to reduce the rising gas costs due to the Russian conflict, the Italian government has introduced measures to speed up their complex renewable project application process. This is increasingly important in the capital, as Rome relies on gas to generate 40% of its electricity. Additional wind projects will be required for the country […]
Spain is ranked second in Europe in terms of installed wind power capacity, ranked only behind Germany. The Spanish are also fifth in the world, behind China, US, Germany, and India highlighting the importance of wind-powered energy to the country. Not only does wind energy provide an alternative energy supply, but the wind sector also […]