The European Commission (EC) has approved a EUR-23-billion (USD 26.5bn) Italian state aid scheme to support renewable electricity generation projects that are expected to add 37.15 GW of new capacity.
The Balearic Islands government has approved an EUR-11.3-million (USD 13.0m) investment to build two floating solar farms with a combined capacity of about 3.3 MW on irrigation reservoirs, the regional administration said on Friday.
The government of Canada has pledged to invest CAD 15 million (USD 10.8m/EUR 9.3m) in a 100-MW solar project in Saskatchewan province being developed by Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure, a clean energy business of Libra Group.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has already started preparations for actions for dispatchable capacity, although the related law has not yet been passed by the parliament and approved by the European Commission under the state aid rules.
The UK government wants to unlock the market for community batteries which allow multiple homes to access stored electricity, potentially making better use of solar power and reducing bills.
The European Commission (EC) has disbursed EUR 7.2 billion (USD 8.38bn) to Poland under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), with over EUR 500 million earmarked to subsidise private-sector growth in renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production.