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Podcast (German): Valuable agricultural land can serve two purposes: as pasture or arable land and for generating clean solar power. Stephan Schindele, head of the agri-PV business unit at BayWa r.e., explains the advantages these systems offer farmers – and where the pitfalls lie.
The software tool supports users through every stage of solar project planning, from initial concept to purchase and installation support. Dr Kathrin Dengler-Roscher shares how they’re working to make the user experience even smoother.
A major battery facility will be built at a critical transmission bottleneck between Scotland and England, enhancing grid reliability while opening opportunities for the surrounding economy and community.
BayWa r.e. Solar Trade is expanding its European commercial storage offering through a new distribution partnership with Western Heat Energy Solutions.
The renewables developer and distributor received planning approval for the 138 MW project – the company’s fourth solar park in the country – after completing the UK’s Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process.
Vopak, an independent tank storage company, has acquired BayWa r.e.’s largest battery storage project in Europe. The site in the northern Netherlands includes land, a 300 MW grid connection and all permits.
Renewable energy growth in the EU has accelerated in recent years, but it’s revealing a critical structural weakness: the lack of flexibility in Europe’s electricity market. Daniel Hölder, Head of Global Policy and Markets at BayWa r.e., shares his view.
The developer is making steady progress with its UK solar park plans and has now received the green light for three more projects.
On Friday, at SolarPower Europe’s annual gathering of members in Brussels, two new Board Vice-Presidents were elected, alongside the election of seven new Board Directors.
The specialist retailer has raised approximately €435m to finance digitalization and business expansion. The funds will be released following discussions with shareholders and financing banks. Shareholder Baywa is outsourcing its shares to a private equity firm.
Following approval delays, construction of the tracker system only began in late 2024. The project was nevertheless completed on time and will now be subject to scientific monitoring.
A majority stake in Baywa r.e. is to be sold to the investor Energy Infrastructure Partners. A capital increase will reduce Baywa's stake in the solar trading and project development company to 35 per cent.
The Alhendín solar park south of Granada has been feeding electricity into the grid since May 2024. The agri-PV system combines solar power generation with agricultural production. The concept enables the use of modern agricultural machinery between the rows of solar modules.
BayWa r.e. has sold four UK solar projects to renewable investor Octopus Energy Generation. Battery energy storage systems will be partly included in the projects.
BayWa r.e. has successfully secured contracts for three projects, with a combined total capacity of over 150 MW, across onshore wind and solar in Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the Great Britian Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.
BayWa r.e. has completed the construction of two solar clusters on former military bases in central and south-western France. These comprise five solar parks with over 300,000 solar modules and a total capacity of 136 MW.
BayWa r.e. has sold the Spanish solar park Almodóvar to the independent power producer (IPP) Encavis AG. The plant in Andalusia, west of Córdoba, is expected to be connected to the grid in the fourth quarter of 2025.
BayWa r.e.'s first 54 MW agri-PV solar park in Spain is fully operational and has been connected to the local power grid. VELUX purchases the electricity via a PPA.
Global renewable energy developer and solutions provider BayWa r.e. has successfully completed three PV self-consumption projects for Merck and Tetra Pak.
Ampero is the new FinTech software company from BayWa r.e. and offers portfolio management for owners of wind and solar plants. The Ampero software solution combines all relevant information such as financial and technical data as well as weather and energy market information.
BayWa r.e. is setting new standards with its first project in Spain to combine solar and wind energy projects. The project comprises three wind farms with a total capacity of 135 MW and two solar farms with a total capacity of 53 MW.
BayWa r.e. has sold the Spanish solar park "Lirios" to the independent power producer (IPP) Encavis AG. The solar park is expected to go into operation in 2025. With an output of 109 MW, Lirios is one of BayWa r.e.'s largest projects in the country.
BayWa r.e. and the Belgian technology company 3E have signed a strategic partnership agreement. BayWa r.e. has chosen 3E's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform SynaptiQ as its new monitoring and analytics system for all solar plants and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Although 2023 is expected to be the warmest year on record, there is 12% less talk about the climate crisis on social media, a study has found.
Baywa r.e. plans to develop six agri-PV projects in five countries combining agriculture and solar power generation by 2027. The Group has received EU funding of €6.5 million for this purpose.
