The capacity market in Spain: regulatory update and outlook for storage

Update from Carlos Redondo, Deputy Director General of Electric Energy, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge The capacity market is a mechanism designed to ensure the s...

Vector Renewables prepares the DDT Handover Report Before PAC as a comprehensive evaluation for renewable energy projects

As everyone knows, the development of a renewable energy project involves generating a very large volume of documentation related to it. This includes the processing of necessary permits, licences, an...

The end of FiT: Challenges of Solar PV Energy in the Japanese Market and the rise of FiP

The Japanese government seriously considered the role of renewable energy in its energy mix after the disruptive 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake (3/11), massive tsunami, and ensuing Fukushima nuclear dis...

The role of Control Centers in the efficient management of renewable energy farms

The transition towards a sustainable energy model has placed renewable energies at the center of the global strategy, driving accelerated growth of solar and wind installations. This fast development ...

Short-circuit protections in photovoltaic plants: Ensuring safety and efficiency

The proliferation of photovoltaic plants for the generation of clean energy has transformed the global energy landscape. However, as the use of this technology increases, so does the need to ensure it...

Steel corrosion in photovoltaic plants and its impact on structural stability and long-term durability

Corrosion that occurs due to electrochemical interaction between soil and steel is one of the most serious and often underestimated problems in photovoltaic plants. Although its relevance is well know...

Repowering Wind Farms

As the wind energy industry matures, many wind farms are reaching the end of their operational lifespan, raising questions about their future viability. The useful life of a wind turbine is influenced...

Calculation of contractual availabilities in the renewable energy sector

The transition towards a more sustainable energy future involves the integration and asset management of renewable energies. In this context, the calculation of contractual availabilities emerges as a...

Shall we bet together on Hybridization?

In the current Spanish energy market, it is identified a proliferation of photovoltaic (PV) projects in advanced stages of development, ready for construction (Ready to Build) or with a few months of ...

The UK renewable market in one shot

The energy transition and net zero are among the greatest opportunities facing this country and the Government is committed to ensuring that the UK takes advantage of its early mover status. After dec...

Tracker communication

The production of a solar photovoltaic plant is intrinsically linked to the ability of the solar trackers to accurately follow the sun's path and maximize solar energy collection. The solar trackers, ...

Revamping and Repowering of Solar PV: Challenges and Opportunities

Solar PV is widely recognized as one of the most utilized technologies in renewable power generation, with over 1,000 GWp installed globally across numerous countries. Over the past two decades, the d...

Agrivoltaics development in Italy: The current challenge

Agrivoltaics is a system that evidently increases land use efficiency by simultaneously enabling main agricultural crop production and secondary solar PV power generation on the same cropland area, wh...

The portuguese renewable market in one shot

Portugal has set ambitious objectives for its energy future, with the goal of generating 80% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2026. Based on national targets for the 2030 horizon, the coun...

Digitalization for the effective management of PPAs in the renewable energy sector.

In the dynamic world of renewable energy, Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have become fundamental pillars, not only for their role in project financing, but also for the impetus they provide in the a...

Long Term Decarbonization Power Source Auction in Japan

After years of expectation, Japan has finally created an auction system to provide a 20-year fixed revenue for newly developed power sources, including battery energy storage systems (BESS). The Gover...

Owner’s engineering services for photovoltaic plants from Italy

In Italy, the solar energy market is experiencing exponential growth, making the construction of grid-connected photovoltaic plants a fundamental element of the transition to a cleaner and more sustai...

Spain can be the leader in the green hydrogen race to net zero emission

Spain considers renewable hydrogen a key technology to decarbonise sectors with limited low carbon solutions, like the transport and gas sectors, according to its NECP (Plan Nacional Integrado de Ener...