Northvolt Starts Building Germany Battery Gigafactory With 60 GWh Annual Capacity Updated On Tue, Mar 26th, 2024 by Saurenergy 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 […] Read more
Germany-based RWE Begins Building 330 MW UK Solar Projects Updated On Mon, Mar 18th, 2024 by Saurenergy Germany-based clean energy company RWE has initiated work related to seven projects, representing 330 megawatts (MW) of new, clean electricity capacity, now entering construction in the United Kingdom. The projects are the first to be constructed from the solar portfolio secured by RWE through its acquisition of JBM Solar, one of the UK’s largest independent […] Read more
Germany Issues Tender For 5.5 GW Offshore Wind Project Updated On Thu, Feb 29th, 2024 by Saurenergy 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 […] Read more
Vattenfall Inks Deal With Evonik To Supply Solar Power For Chemical Production in Germany Updated On Mon, Feb 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy 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 […] Read more
Germany’s RWE To Build 1GW Solar Farm in Greece, Battery Storage Project in Netherlands Updated On Fri, Feb 9th, 2024 by Saurenergy Germany based renewable energy company RWE and Greek public firm PPC have announced their final investment decision for the construction of an additional photovoltaic project in the country. The plant will be built through their joint venture company Meton Energy. This solar farm is the last project of the 940 MWp (870 MWac) Amynteo portfolio, […] Read more
Solar Power Generation In Europe To Rise by 50 TW in 2024, Germany To Lead The Way Updated On Mon, Feb 5th, 2024 by Saurenergy 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 […] Read more
Latest Solar Auction in Germany Oversubscribed by 3.5 Times Updated On Fri, Feb 2nd, 2024 by Saurenergy 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 […] Read more
Germany’s EV Adoption Increases By 11% In 2023: FMTA Report Updated On Fri, Jan 12th, 2024 by Saurenergy A recent report by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (FMTA), a government agency in Germany released new data on the electric vehicles registered in December 2023. The latest report talks about the increased penetration of electric vehicles in the European country. The report said, “2,41,883 passenger cars were newly registered in the last month of […] Read more
Germany’s Renewable Energy Capacity Increased By 12% YoY Updated On Tue, Jan 9th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Bundesnetzagentur, a German energy regulatory office in its preliminary figures on growth in renewable capacity in 2023, found an increase in Renewable Energy (RE) installed capacity by 17 gigawatts (GW). This represents a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 12%. The increase is mainly accounted for by solar and wind. According to this data shared by Bundesnetzagentur […] Read more
