Europe’s largest solar farm Witznitz commissioned in eastern Germany
Hansainvest and developer Move On inaugurated the Witznitz solar park of 605 MW in peak capacity on coal land near Leipzig in Germany
Turkey’s first floating solar power plant installed on irrigation reservoir
DSI placed a 1 MW floating photovoltaic plant on a dam reservoir in Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia to power the irrigation system
Albania to limit final project approvals for renewables to one year
Final approvals for renewable electricity plants in Albania will last 12 months. KESH is working on a pumped storage hydropower project.
NextE signs Romania’s longest corporate PPA for its solar power plant
A 7.4 MW photovoltaic system in Romania will supply a manufacturing facility under a PPA of a record 25 years, its developer nextE said
EU approves Italy’s EUR 1.7 billion agrivoltaic state aid scheme
The European Commission has approved Italy's EUR 1.7 billion state aid mechanism for supporting agrivoltaic installations
EU can meet its 2030 solar power target with agrivoltaics alone
Using a minuscule part of agricultural land for agrivoltaics would greatly contribute to the EU's 2030 renewables goals, a study showed
Emerging solar power solutions require little or no land
All types of photovoltaics that use as little land as possible are good, SolarPower Europe CEO Walburga Hemetsberger said
Solar panels above orchards lower temperature, help conserve water
Solar panels over apple, cherry and nectarine plantations in the south of France have improved growing conditions and fruit yields