Zelestra’s solar PPA in Spain: Renewable energy company Zelestra has entered a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with global materials science and digital identification solutions company Avery Dennison. The deal is for a 44 MW DC Las Rozas Solar Power Plant in Spain’s Seville. It will generate close to 90 GWh annually. Avery Dennison will purchase renewable energy certificates from Zelestra.
Greenvolt rebrands Enerpower: Portugal-based Greenvolt has rebranded its Ireland-based subsidiary Enerpower powered by Greenvolt as Greenvolt Next Ireland. It targets to install 1 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. The company designs, installs and maintains renewable energy solutions such as solar installations, heat pumps, biomass boilers, and wind power systems. Its current portfolio of more than 700 projects comprises 300 MW of signed capacity and 160 MW of already installed projects.
Unicalce’s solar PPA: Italian calcium lime producer Unicalce has entered a long-term solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with Shell Energy Italia. Under this 10-year contract, Shell will supply clean energy from a solar power plant in Puglia. For Unicalce, this will ensure a stable and green energy supply for its production site in the Palagiano region where it produces lime and premixed materials for construction.
400 MW changes hands in Poland: European green power producer GoldenPeaks Capital acquired 400 MW of ready-to-build (RTB) solar PV assets in Poland between December 2024 and January 2025. This portfolio comprises a mix of planned acquisitions and self-developed projects, located mostly in the western and northwestern regions. These are a mix of sizes of up to 58 MW. Its total internal development pipeline now expands to around 1.7 GW. The company expects to add another 300 MW of RTB assets in Poland by Q1 2025.
Solar car in Norway: All back contact (ABC) solar PV company AIKO has entered a collaboration with Nordlys NTNU, the innovative solar car team from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The latter is competing in the World Solar Challenge, a 3,000 km race across the harsh Australian outback. The car will be exposed to extreme temperatures, intense solar radiation and rugged terrain. It will be built using AIKO’s high-efficiency ABC solar modules. “These cells are known for delivering world-leading efficiency in solar modules, and we are eager to see how this will boost our final car’s performance,” said Nordlys NTNU’s Founder and Project Leader Sivert Sande Kverme.
125 MW solar plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Chinese solar tracker manufacturer Arctech Solar has signed a supply agreement with NORINCO International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It will supply its signature 1P single-axis solar tracking systems SkyLine II. Arctech says this marks a significant milestone for it in the European solar market.
DAH Solar in Poland: Chinese solar PV manufacturer DAH Solar showcased its full-screen PV modules at Poland’s first solar exhibition, 2025 Solar Energy Expo Poland 2025. It presented its popular full-screen all-black modules along with double-glass, DBB, 720W large-format, and colored PV modules. The manufacturer says its modules can be well adapted to distributed PV power generation systems such as rooftop solar systems, commercial building rooftops, carports, and sunrooms, among others.
Canadian Solar storage systems: Canadian Solar has announced that its subsidiary CSI Solar has signed contracts with the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to deliver 2 GWh DC of its battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Scotland. CIP has entered the contract through its flagship fund CI IV. The 2 projects are the 1 GWh DC Coalburn 2 Project in South Lanarkshire, adjacent to the existing Coalburn 1 Project, and the 1 GWh DC Devilla Project in Fife near Kincardine, north of Edinburgh. Both will have a 2-hour energy storage dispatch capability. Both Coalburn 2 and Devilla projects are scheduled to enter construction in 2027. Energy storage solutions provider e-STORAGE will supply and integrate close to 450 SolBank 3.0 battery containers for the projects.