New 7.2MW solar farm in Portugal starts soaking up the rays

The 7.2MW Vale Matanças solar farm in Portugal has entered full operation. Located in Alcácer do Sal, the Foresight Group’s new facility is the firm’s first investment in a Portuguese utility-scale solar asset which did not benefit from government subsidy. A decade-long power purchase agreement (PPA) has been signed with a Spanish utility company and […]

DONG Energy to build unsubsidised offshore wind farms

DONG Energy has won a deal to build two large wind farms in the German North Sea with no government subsidies. The Danish company said it made bids for no financial support for the 240MW OWP West and 240MW Borkum Riffgrund West 2 projects. DONG Energy cited several factors that enabled the zero bid in […]