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Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

Renewable Energy World

European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania. The project is placed at the Banja reservoir in Albania, where Statkraft is operating its 72-MW Banja hydropower plant.

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the campaign of resistance appears to have paid off. But the picture is much more complicated.

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Acquisition by Statkraft Boosts Prospects for Solarcentury

GreenTechMedia

The move gives the hydropower giant a solar boost and, for Solarcentury, makes the task of delivering its substantial pipeline a bit easier. The £118 million ($152 million) deal gives Statkraft access to a 5-gigawatt pipeline of PV projects in Europe and just over 1 GW in South America. Solarcentury has developed 1.2

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Sweden’s ‘largest solar energy deal’ signed

Renewable Energy World

Anna Werner, the CEO of solar energy association Svensk Solenergi, said: “In Sweden, we have most of the electricity production in the north and most of the energy consumption in the south. The contract is the ‘largest solar energy deal ever in Sweden’ according to the two companies. Read more: A supply chain is born: Can the U.S.

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Fun with Floating Solar Panels

GreenTech Gazette

Floating solar panels have been in use for years in Europe and Asia. Indonesia hosted a 145-megawatt floating solar power plant on the Cirata reservoir. Indonesia hosted a 145-megawatt floating solar power plant on the Cirata reservoir. By 2025, Indonesia plans to develop another 60 floating arrays.

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IEA declares 'new normal' as renewables installations soar during pandemic year

Business Green

The projection marks a 25 per cent increase on a previous forecast by the agency from last November, with the upgrade driven by a number of record-breaking government renewable capacity auctions and a surge in power purchase agreements (PPAs) brokered by companies.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

For Europe, 2020 represented a historic year for renewable energy sources. Plans for the coming years show that the energy ambitions of Eastern Europe are still untapped. This is where the Green New Deal guidelines meet old and inefficient power plants. (Sponsored Content). By Electrum. And this is only the beginning.