Other Renewables News

Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has awarded contracts for 388 projects totalling 491 MW in an undersubscribed auction for biomass plants, while a parallel biomethane tender attracted bids for the first time since October 2022.

Poland's Council of Ministers has adopted an update of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) that envisages the share of renewables in energy production rising to 51.6-53.2% in 2030 and to 65.6-68.9% in 2040.

Engineering group Technip Energies (EPA:TE), aircraft maker Airbus SE (EPA:AIR), aerospace components manufacturer Safran SA (EPA:SAF) and agricultural cooperative Tereos have agreed to form a joint venture to develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant with an annual production capacity of about 160,000 tonnes at the Port of Dunkirk in northern France.

Poland's leading biogas producer Polska Grupa Biogazowa (PGB) has launched a heating connection in western Karkoszow, supplying green thermal energy directly to a manufacturing plant.

Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (BOM:500185), or HCC, has secured a contract worth about INR 1.27 billion (USD 13.2m/EUR 11.5m) for works on the 570-MW Wangchhu Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan.

Calpine, a business unit of US power producer Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG), has finalised a 25-MW expansion at The Geysers geothermal complex in California, adding enough generation capacity to supply electricity to more than 25,000 homes annually, Constellation said on Monday.