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In contrast to the prevailing pessimism, electric cars are seeing significant growth in the European Union, with Germany and two other countries performing particularly well.
The new ground-mounted plant in Bellingwolde in the province of Groningen is being built by Goldbeck Solar and Novar. Bifacial PV modules will be installed.
The Dutch company needs the growth capital to advance the repair and reuse of lithium-ion batteries in Europe. A new site is set to open in Poland this year.
In the Netherlands, new feed-in fees introduced in August 2024 are significantly affecting solar system owners. One homeowner in southern Holland has demonstrated how to reduce the impact using solar-powered heating.
Veli-Matti Heimonen has been appointed CEO of Solnet Group. His goal is to accelerate the European growth of the Netherlands-based company.
CCE Holding is expanding its activities in the Netherlands and will realize two large plants this year. In addition to the solar PV plant in Marknesse ( Flevoland), construction work began in February on another solar park in Rafelder (Gelderland) on a former garbage dump.
According to the EU Market Outlook for Solar Power, the Netherlands is among the Top 6 growth markets for photovoltaics in Europe the next four years. You can read more about it in our main topic next week.
The two partners signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply over 50 GWh of solar energy annually from the new 96 MW Noordoostpolder solar park in Flevoland, starting in 2026.
What are the opportunities and challenges for business cases for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in European markets like Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania and Austria? Expert Philipp Kraemer of CCE shares his analysis.
Enstall, provider of mounting solutions and digital services for the solar sector, recently announced that Stijn Vos will transition to Chairman of the Supervisory Board, with Mehran Sedigh appointed as the new CEO. The change will take effect in March 2025.
Over Easy Solar, a Norwegian manufacturer of vertical bifacial PV modules, has entered into a European distribution partnership with the Dutch Sempergreen Group, a supplier of green roofs and green facades.
The innovative solar project Merganser is located off the Dutch coast, around twelve kilometres off The Hague. It currently has 500 kilowatts of solar power installed. The scalable concept consists of six interconnected platforms.
Ampyr Solar Europe, a leading pan-European solar developer and independent power producer, has achieved financial close for its latest solar PV project in the Netherlands.
A hotel in Amsterdam turned the lack of an adequate grid connection to his advantage - with the help of PV, battery storage and energy management.
Joachim Goldbeck, the founder and CEO of the Goldbeck Solar Group, analyzes the prospects for the project business. He assesses potential markets and explains in an interview why he already has upcoming investments in Ukraine on his radar.
Belectric is commissioning eight solar parks in the Netherlands with a total capacity of 128 MW. A particular focus was on soil protection.
DAS Solar supplied 2.1MW of high-efficiency N-type modules for the Xperal Zonneweide Kempenbroek PV project, which was successfully connected to the grid in the Netherlands. The project is located in Limburg Province, a province with abundant sunlight.
The charging stations are publicly accessible and are being built in the south of the Netherlands. The systems charge in line with the grid. A lot of emphasis was placed on cyber security in the tender.
The plant will reach 51 megawatts. It will be combined with a wind farm, which has various advantages but also poses some challenges in terms of project planning.
In terms of photovoltaic installations per capita, the Netherlands is already the European leader with 1280 watts and the PV market continues to grow. The Solar Solutions trade fair in Amsterdam highlighted important trends and challenges.
The PV market is stabilizing, glass-glass modules are also becoming increasingly standard in the residential sector and stronger growth in battery storage is expected for the Netherlands in the future despite the continuation of net metering. These are just some of the key trends that have emerged at Solar Solutions 2024 in Amsterdam.
EWS will be exhibiting again at Solar Solutions 2024. The largest exhibition for solar energy in Northwest Europe will take place this year from 19 to 21 March at the Expo Greater Amsterdam.
From March 19-21, 2024, Solar Solutions in Amsterdam will open its doors as the largest solar trade fair in Northwest Europe. More than 17,000 trade visitors are expected at Expo Haarlemmermeer in Amsterdam.
At the upcoming Solar Solutions trade fair in Amsterdam, Socomec will reveal a new compact model of its SUNSYS HES L energy storage system, SUNSYS HES L SKID.
The new Dutch program SolarNL now started. It aims to build up a strong PV cell and module manufacturing industry in the Netherlands and is financed publicly and privately.
