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More Generation Helps Utility EnBW’s Q1 as It Cuts Imports From Russia
Date: May 13, 2022
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – EnBW, Germany’s third-largest energy firm, said on Friday it nearly doubled its quarterly profit after a weak first quarter of 2021 thanks to strong performance at its generation unit as it worked to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. EnBW, whose VNG unit is one of Germany’s largest importers of Russian gas,...
Norway to Ramp up Offshore Wind in Drive to Go Green
Date: May 11, 2022
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – Norway unveiled plans on Wednesday for a major expansion in offshore wind energy by 2040, aiming to turn a country that has built its wealth on oil and gas into an exporter of renewable electricity. The centre-left government, which has come under fire from environmentalists for continuing to support...
Portugal Set to Start up Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Park
Date: May 9, 2022
By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira ALQUEVA, Portugal (Reuters) – Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer pitches, to their mooring on Portugal’s Alqueva reservoir in preparation to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park in July. Built by the country’s main utility EDP on Western...
EU Plans One-Year Renewable Energy Permits for Faster Green Shift
Date: May 9, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive wants to speed up the bloc’s green transition and cut its reliance on Russian fuels by allowing some renewable energy projects to receive permits within a year, a draft document shows. Brussels will next week unveil a package of measures to end the European Union’s...
Verbund Buys Portfolio of Spanish Renewable Assets
Date: May 9, 2022
MADRID (Reuters) – Austrian hydropower utility Verbund said on Monday it had acquired a portfolio of renewable energy assets in Spain from local private equity fund Q-Energy for an undisclosed sum. The assets include operating photovoltaic power plants with a combined capacity of 82 megawatts (MW) and projects planned to have an eventual capacity of...
Portugal Set to Start up Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Park
Date: May 9, 2022
By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira ALQUEVA, Portugal (Reuters) – Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer pitches, to their mooring on Portugal’s Alqueva reservoir in preparation to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park in July. Built by the country’s main utility EDP on Western...