![]() Vattenfall has onshore and offshore wind operations in Sweden, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. Source: Associated Press |
Vattenfall AB said it is vying to win France
The Sweden
"To gain a foothold there will allow us to consolidate our position as a leading global developer of offshore wind energy and take us a step further in becoming fossil-free within a generation" Gunnar Groebler, senior vice president and head of business area wind, said in a statement.
France has been slow to develop an offshore wind sector compared to countries like the U.K. and Germany, according to industry group WindEurope. A 2-MW demonstrator project came online in France in 2017, while the U.K. added 1,679 MW of new offshore generation capacity and Germany added 1,247 MW that same year. In Nov. 2017 Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the country would begin preliminary studies on building wind farms off the coast of Brittany and in the Mediterranean.
India
The country added 9,255 MW of solar capacity in 2017, bringing its total installed capacity to an estimated 19,516 MW. However, India's renewable energy industry added only about 1,500 MW in the fourth quarter. The report warns that the country's solar project installations could fall to around 6,000 MW for 2018.
In July 2017, India launched an anti-dumping investigation into imported solar cells and modules from China, Taiwan and Malaysia after a local solar manufacturing industry group petitioned the government to consider imposing tariffs on solar imports.
Poland
Piotr Pajak, a Polish solar PV analyst, told the publication that lawmakers amended its renewable energy law, which includes regulations on clean energy auctions, and submitted the legislation to the country's parliament. Once it is signed, the new auction rules will go into effect and the Central European country plans to announce the solar tender soon after. Pajak added that some of the solar capacity from the tender could go to hybrid power projects.
If the government does go through with the tender, it could help jump-start the country's sluggish expansion of renewables. Poland consumes 77 million metric tons of coal per year, making it the 10th biggest coal consumer worldwide and the second-largest in the European Union after Germany, according to the European Parliament's September 2017 briefing on Poland. About 10% of European Union funds for reducing emissions emitted from Poland's power sector has been spent on renewable energy-related investments.
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