A consortium led by the Municipality of Ravne na Koroškem in Slovenia has completed the installation of 87 solar power plants with a combined capacity of more than 6.3 MW across public buildings. The project, supported by Slovenia's Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy and the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan, also includes a 232 kWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
The installations, built between October 2025 and May 2026 across facilities owned by 25 municipalities and public institutions, are expected to be fully commissioned by the end of July 2026. Together, they are projected to generate around 6.6 GWh of electricity annually – enough to meet the average annual consumption of about 1,700 households – thereby reducing electricity costs for public institutions, according to Ravne na Koroškem Mayor Dr. Tomaž Rožen.
Omnia Capital has completed the acquisition of the remaining stake in Alive Capital Serbia from Premier Energy. The deal gives the Netherlands-based investment firm full control of its Serbian operations as it expands its clean energy platform across Southeast Europe. Established in 2023, Alive Capital Serbia provides electricity supply, renewable energy offtake, power purchase agreements (PPAs), balancing, aggregation and energy management services.
Omnia said Alive Capital Serbia is now entering a new phase of growth focused on serving industrial customers, renewable energy producers and electricity consumers in Serbia. The deal brings Alive Capital back under the ownership of Omnia Capital founder Giacomo Billi, who founded Alive Capital. Billi added that the company aims to build on the operational model of Alive Capital Romania, which manages more than 1.8 GW of generation capacity across over 200 power plants.
Spanish banking group CaixaBank has provided €30.3 million in green project finance to local renewable energy developer IGNIS for a 50 MW solar PV plant. The project is located in Paredes de Nava and Becerril de Campos, in Spain's Palencia province.
Separately, French energy company ENGIE and IGNIS signed a 10-year flexibility purchase agreement covering BESS projects in Spain. The portfolio has a combined installed capacity of 625 MWh and is expected to become operational in 2028. While ENGIE will access the storage assets' flexibility in the day-ahead electricity market, IGNIS will operate the facilities and optimize their participation in balancing services.
IGNIS has also reached an agreement with Apto, a European hyperscale data center developer, to provide 82 MW of grid access and connection capacity for Apto’s new Madrid-based data center campus in Fuenlabrada. The deal also includes a long-term PPA linked to a 94 MW solar PV plant being developed by IGNIS. IGNIS will build the electrical infrastructure needed to connect the data center to the grid.
Just months after securing up to €20 million in Series B funding to expand its solar panel recycling business, Germany-based Solar Materials GmbH has outlined its next growth phase. It is now positioning itself to move ‘from startup to market leader’. The company said it is using the investment announced in April 2026 to scale its operations, with annual recycling capacity set to increase from 14,000 tons to 28,000 tons this year. The update follows the unveiling of the company's new corporate branding at Intersolar Europe 2026.
Israeli independent power producer (IPP) Shikun & Binui Energy has started operations at its 104 MW solar park in Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania, according to Romanian business news outlet Profit.ro. It is funded with €49 million in financing from Raiffeisen. The project is the company's second operational solar facility in the country, following its 71 MW plant in Satu Mare, bringing its total operating solar capacity in Romania to 175 MW. Both these projects were built by Portuguese EPC CJR Renewables.
German solar systems integrator HELIOS SOLAR AG has placed 117,479 shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at an offer price of EUR 4.00 per share. The offer generated gross proceeds of €469,916, the company says, against a target of €30.4 million. The subscription period closed on July 13, 2026, with the shares offered through a public offering in Germany and a concurrent private placement. The company expects to begin trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's General Standard on July 28, 2026. HELIOS plans to use net proceeds from the IPO to further expand in Malaysia, strengthen its growth in Germany and across Europe, enter the Cambodian market, and continue the expansion of its operations in Singapore.
The Municipality of Armsheim in Germany has approved an urban development agreement for a planned 50 MW agrivoltaic (agri-PV) project by Ylektra GmbH. It now paves the way for the required planning and permitting process for the project. It will cover around 70 hectares west of the A61 highway, with annual electricity production expected to match the consumption of about 20,000 households.
According to the company, around 90% of the land will remain available for farming, with existing sugar beet and grain crop rotations maintained using single-axis-tracking solar modules spaced to accommodate conventional farm machinery. The project will also include a battery storage system capable of storing electricity for 2 to 4 hours to help optimize power delivery and reduce pressure on the local grid. The municipality sees an opportunity to earn additional revenue from the project.
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), a UK-listed investor in solar and energy storage assets, has launched a formal sale process after its board concluded, following a strategic review, that exploring a sale is in shareholders' best interests. The UK-listed investor said its shares have traded at a persistent discount to net asset value (NAV), limiting its ability to raise fresh equity despite the performance of its underlying renewable energy portfolio.
As of March 31, 2026, NESF owned 99 operating solar assets, one energy storage asset, two solar co-investments and a $50 million private solar infrastructure fund investment, representing 838 MW of installed capacity across nine geographies. Its portfolio had a gross asset value of £922 million and a NAV of £437.5 million. The company said it is not in discussions with any potential buyer and has not received a takeover approach, adding that there is no certainty a sale will result.
