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850 MW RE in Serbia: Fortis Energy Türkiye’s Serbian arm Fortis Energy has announced a framework agreement with PowerChina to cooperate on the development and construction of 850 MW of wind and solar power projects in Serbia and the broader region of Southeast Europe. The duo said these projects will contribute substantially to the region’s energy mix and support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
49.9 MW solar project changes hands in the UK: Lightsource bp has completed its largest solar project in the UK with 49.9 MW capacity, with a co-located 25 MW/50 MWh (2-hour duration) storage system. It has now also sold it off to renewable investment manager Schroders Greencoat. The Tiln Farm near Retford in Nottinghamshire is contracted under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with building products manufacturer Forterra to help cover 70% of its electricity needs across 17 sites, for 15 years. Lightsource said this sale is part of the group’s long-term growth strategy to further expand its investment profile across a greater number of projects. It will continue to provide asset management, and operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Tiln project.
DTEK to build 60 MW PV project: Ukrainian renewable energy company DTEK, through its European Union (EU) renewable energy arm DRI, will build a 60 MW solar project in Romania. The company’s 4th renewable energy project in Romania, this will be located in Glodeni of Mureş County. The Glodeni II Solar Park is expected to become operational in the summer of 2025 and produce close to 86.4 GWh annually. DRI will locate the project alongside its 53 MW operational Glodeni I Solar Project. The addition of this project takes the company’s Romanian renewable energy portfolio to 299 MW.
Nofar’s Romanian acquisition: Israel’s Nofar Energy has signed an acquisition agreement for 100% shares in Aviv Renewable Investment, a project company developing a 160 MW solar PV park in Giurgiu County of Romania, stated law firm Clifford Chance Badea that advised Nofar on this acquisition.
F1 signs up Aggreko for low-carbon systems: All European Grand Prix championships from 2025 season onwards at Formula 1 or F1 international racing motorsport will be powered by low-carbon energy generation systems of Britain’s Aggreko. The latter has entered a multi-year partnership with F1 as an Official Provider. F1 describes that the stakeholders, including Formula 1, F1 Teams, and the FIA, will not be required to use or bring their own generators for the 2025 season as enough power is produced through the centralized system to supply all garages and motorhomes across the weekend. In addition, the system will also power the Pit Wall, the Timing Room, the Formula 1 Event Technical Center (ETC) where the at-track broadcast operations are housed, and the International TV Compound, where all F1 host broadcasters operate from at the event. It added that this will significantly reduce the number of individual generators on-site in these operational areas and, therefore, will reduce the associated emissions from transportation to the site.
The agreement follows a pilot project by the duo that included a centralized power generation compound at the Austrian Grand Prix in 2023, powered by renewable energy sources such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), biofuel, solar panels, and battery storage systems. The system was trialed again at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2024, and will be tested again in Monza this weekend. Every time, the system delivered carbon reductions and from 2025, the system will be used across the European Grand Prix season as part of F1’s commitment to meet its net zero goal by 2030.