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/ROME, April 29, 2024, 9:30 BST, RWE/ RWE has started the construction of its first solar plant in Italy. Bosco, an 8.3 megawatt (MWac) ground-mounted solar plant, will be installed in Partinico Municipality near Palermo, Sicily. On a 16-hectare site, around 15,000 bifacial modules1 will have the capacity to generate enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of 7,000 Italian homes. Commissioning of this solar powerr plant is planned for the end of the year.

/BRUSSELS, March 21, 2024, 11:00 GMT, European Commission, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ Today, the EU Mission Label was awarded to 23 cities as part of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, one of the EU Missions under Horizon Europe. The Label recognises the cities' plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2030 and aims to facilitate access to public and private funding towards that objective. The first ten cities received the Label in October 2023. The EU Mission Label was awarded by Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth…

/LONDON, March 14, 2024, 11:00 GMT, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria has announced two requests for proposals for tender participation to support new renewable electricity generation and energy storage capacity under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). These procedures are implemented under Investment 6, "Support for new capacities for electricity production from renewable sources and electricity storage" (C4.I6) of the RRP of the Republic of Bulgaria.

/LONDON, March 5, 2024, 9:00 GMT, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The growth of the European solar power market in 2023 had a remarkable performance. The annual installed capacity solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Europe reached 307 GW at the end of 2023, which is a 24 per cent increase compared to 247.6 GW at the end of 2022, according to the recently published study Europe Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Market Outlook 2024 ÷ 2033. Germany was again the largest market in 2023, adding a record 14.1 GW of new capacity, followed by…

/LONDON, February 7, 2024, 9:00 GMT, EBRD, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The loan from UniCredit Bulbank will be used for the construction and entry into commercial operation of one large-scale solar PV power plant in northeastern Bulgaria with 112.5 MW capacity, which will be connected to the national transmission system network with a 20 kV/110 kV substation. Enery Development is the project sponsor of the Tsenovo Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant. The company, which is headquartered in Austria, operates 273 MW of renewable energy plants across central and eastern Europe. The Three Seas…

/LONDON, January 29, 2024, 09:00 GMT, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The European corporate renewable PPA market has proliferated by an almost seven-fold increase from 2016 until 2023. EU energy ministers agreed at the end of November 2022 on the content of a Council Regulation for a temporary framework to accelerate the permit-granting process and the deployment of renewable energy projects. The European Institutions have agreed in 2023 on a revised text of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), which should help further speed up permitting for new and repowered renewable…

/BRUSSELS, January 19, 2024, 10:00 GMT, SolarPower Europe/ The Mission Solar sets out new frontiers: Decarbonising our energy systems, and keeping our planet habitable. Strengthening Europe’s energy supply and defending our security. Empowering citizens and democratising energy.  As we face our future, we draw on the collaboration, the technological advancement, and the political drive that can take us into new worlds. As solar meets deeper challenges this decade, the sector must cross these next frontiers as pioneers before us.

/COPENHAGEN, January 9, 2024, 11:00 CET, Better Energy, Andel/ Andel and Better Energy have entered a joint partnership with the aim to construct 15 energy parks in Denmark between 2024 and 2028. Each partner will own 50% of the completed portfolio, with Better Energy managing the parks' development, construction and technical operation. The two companies have also outlined joint ambitions for energy storage and nature and biodiversity initiatives within the portfolio.

/BRUSSELS, January 8, 2024, 12:00 GMT, European Commission, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The European Commission has approved a €2.9 billion French scheme for supporting investment in green industries (tax credit for investment in green industries) to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, adopted by the Commission on 9 March 2023 and amended on 20 November 2023, to support measures in sectors which are crucial for accelerating the green transition and…