Solar Energy

/MADRID, SPAIN, August 29, 2025, 11:30 CET, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ The Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (CIUDEN), which is under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), has recently finished the operational tests of its energy storage facility that uses sodium-sulfur (NaS) technology. This facility is part of CIUDEN’s green hydrogen production […]

/VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, August 29, 2025, 9:15 CET, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Ignitis Group, an integrated utility focused on renewable energy, is expected to start construction of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Lithuania soon. The company will implement these BESS plants in the areas around Kelmė, Mažeikiai, and Kruonis. With a combined capacity of 291 MW […]

/LONDON, July 25, 2025, 10:30 BST, IRENA, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Total installed costs for renewable energy decreased by over 10% for all technologies between 2023 and 2024, except for solar (very small increase), offshore wind, which remained stable, and bioenergy, where costs increased by 16%.

/DUBLIN, IRELAND, July 23, 2025, 10:30 IST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ The Irish government has approved a significant €3.5 billion investment in the country's electricity grid infrastructure, covering the period from 2026 to 2030. This is the largest single investment in Ireland’s electricity network in its history. This transformative initiative will enhance the country’s energy security, support economic growth, and accelerate the transition to renewable energy.

/Avignon, Berlin, June 25, 2025, 9:30 CET, Q ENERGY, Velto Renewables/ Europe's largest floating solar park, 'Les Ilots Blandin', was officially inaugurated today by Q ENERGY and Velto Renewables in the municipality of Perthes in the Haute-Marne region of France. Built on 127 hectares of former gravel pits, the park comprises over 135,000 photovoltaic modules installed on state-of-the-art floating platforms developed in France. With a total capacity of 74.3 MWp, the plant will generate enough renewable electricity to supply 37,000 people every year. It is also expected to prevent 18,000…

/15th February 2019, Jason Deign/ German solar inverter maker SMA Solar Technology this month gave 260,000 customers the ability to claim a cryptocurrency called SolarCoin in exchange for solar energy. The scheme, available as a feature in SMA’s Sunny Portal software for Webconnect and Sunny Home Manager customers, allows PV system owners to collect a SolarCoin for every megawatt-hour of solar energy produced.