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Northvolt Starts Building Germany Battery Gigafactory With 60 GWh Annual Capacity

Germany-based Northvolt has started the construction of its battery gigafactory Northvolt Drei. The occasion was joined by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, and Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Daniel Günther, together with Northvolt CEO and Co-Founder Peter Carlsson and Northvolt Drei CEO Christofer Haux, who started piling machinery at the industrial site outside the […]

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Sungrow Opens DC Fast Charging Station Across Locations In Europe

Sungrow, a clean energy solution firm, has announced the IDC180E Integrated DC Fast Charging Station. Since its launch, the IDC180E has been deployed and is operational across multiple countries and regions, including France, Germany, Bulgaria, and beyond. It represented a shift in electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, the IDC180E redefined standards with its innovative features […]

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German OEM Enercon Launches New 7 MW Wind Turbine

Germany-based OEM Enercon has announced the launch of a new wind turbine with new features for the E-175 EP5. As of 2026, ENERCON’s top model will be available in a version with a new two-piece permanent magnet generator with a nominal power of 7.0 MW. Moreover, a tower with a hub height of 175 meters will be […]

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Germany Issues Tender For 5.5 GW Offshore Wind Project

Federal Network Agency of Germany has launched auctions for offshore wind farms comprising a total of 5,500 MW at three centrally pre-investigated sites in the North Sea. The three sites with a combined 5,500 MW of projected generating capacity are situated about 110 km north-west of the island of Borkum, bordering the Netherlands exclusive economic […]

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Vattenfall Inks Deal With Evonik To Supply Solar Power For Chemical Production in Germany

Germany-based energy supplier company Vattenfall has signed a PPA with specialty chemicals company Evonik that concluded new long-term electricity supply contracts. From 2025, two Vattenfall solar parks in Schleswig-Holstein will supply Evonik with around 120 gigawatt hours of solar power per year for chemical production. The contracts have a term of ten years and fixed […]

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Solar Power Generation In Europe To Rise by 50 TW in 2024, Germany To Lead The Way

The solar photovoltaic (PV) energy generation will spike by about 50 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2024 in Europe due to major capacity installations across the region, predicts a report by Rystad Energy. The report also suggests that Wind power generation is also expected to increase in 2024. However, the growth rate will not match last the […]

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European Solar PPA Market Witnesses 65% Increase From 2022: Pexapark

A recent report by Pexapark on European market outlook found the European PPA market recorded a 65% Increase in solar PAA from 2022, due to stabilising environment in deal-making, over the past twelve months.  Pexapark in its report mentioned, “Our PPA Tracker recorded a 16.2GW of disclosed contracted volumes – an increase of more than […]

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Latest Solar Auction in Germany Oversubscribed by 3.5 Times

The latest solar PV auction for ground-mounted capacity in Germany concluded with three and half times oversubscription with 574 bids totalling 5.5 gigawatts (GW), surpassing the 1.6 GW of capacity up for auction. The German Federal Network Agency, the Bundesnetzagentur,  published the results for the tender that sought 1.61GW of solar PV capacity. According to […]

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