Iberdrola SA is working to build what it says will be Europe’s largest solar farm at a cost of 300 million euros ($337 million). The Spanish utility has started the process with the country’s Ecological Transition ministry to build a 590-megawatt farm in the Western region of Extremadura, according to a statement Thursday. The company will now follow government rules to hold public hearings and collect comments on the impact on the environment and for landowners, a mandatory process before starting the project.

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Eleven Member States already achieved their 2020 targets in 2017, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy, in the European Union (EU), reached 17.5%, up from 17.0% in 2016 and more than double the share in 2004 (8.5%), the first year for which the data are available.

The share of renewables in gross final consumption of energy is one of the headline indicators of the Europe 2020 strategy. The EU’s target is to obtain 20% of energy in gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources by 2020 and at least 32% by 2030.

Share of Renewable Energy In The EU Up to 17.5% In 2017 | Devamı>>>

New figures from BloombergNEF (BNEF) show that corporations bought a record amount of 13.4GW of clean energy through power purchase agreements (PPAs) in 2018, well over double the previous record of 6.1GW set in 2017.

The research firm’s latest Corporate Energy Market Outlook, reveals that 121 companies in 21 different countries signed up to buy renewable energy last year. More than 60% of those purchases were in the US, where PPAs to buy 8.5GW of power were signed, almost three times 2017’s figure.

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China’s energy policies may, at first, seem paradoxical: it is shooting for the stars and it is working to have renewable energy start replacing coal-fired electricity. That’s a hard task in a country where coal is now 60% of its electricity base and renewables are 20% — and poised to be 35% in 2030. 

Its goal is to clean its cities and to comply with the Paris climate agreement. In its latest five-year plan that outlines its energy goals, China has set a cap on on coal-fired generation at about 1,100 gigawatts — a hard task, given that it already has about 1,000 GW with another 250 GW under construction.

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A solar and energy storage facility established by AES Distributed Energy and Kauai Island Service Cooperative (KIUC) is located in a settlement of Lāwa on the southern shore of Kauai.

The plant has a power of 28 MW and has an energy storage capacity of 100 MWh to 5 hours. With the established PV plant, 11 percent of the electricity demand in the Kauai region is met, and Hawaii is expected to increase the share of electricity generation from renewable energy to more than 50 percent.

World’s Largest Solar and Energy Storage Facility Established in Hawaii | Devamı>>>

1 million pounds of income was generated in 9 months by the solar power plant (ges) built by Bandırma Municipality.

Bandırma Municipality President Dursun Mirza said earlier in the statement;

“As Bandırma Municipality, we have implemented a model project by following this change and development in the world. With the Solar Energy project, we will produce clean energy and provide savings by meeting the electricity costs of our Municipality.

Erikli Mahallemizde belonging to our municipality and we have developed our project in non-fertile land.

Bandırma Municipality Provided 1 Million TL Income Through Solar Power Plant | Devamı>>>

GÜNDER (International Solar Energy Community Turkey Section) to Turkey by the “Solar Energy Roadmap” report was prepared. The report, “sustainability of the sun” to carry the main purpose of the DAY, “Today, the most comprehensive prepared for our country and the contribution of all the stakeholders of the sector, this road map in the light of the current situation includes the expectations of future.” He introduced the report.

Indicating that solar energy is aimed at achieving sustainable growth with solar energy, GÜNDER aims to reveal the synergy between energy policy and industry, employment and technology policies.

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