The Italian Energy Prices Have Never Been Higher

The cost of electricity in Italy has never been higher. This is what emerges from the data published by Arera, the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks, and the Environment. In the first weeks of 2022, the Italian energy prices per MWh had an average of 216,35 €.   According to the same authority, the price is composed of 80.8% of energy, 8.4% of transportation and meter, and 10,8% taxes, while the system fees have been deducted from the government for the last quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.    The main driver of such a huge increase is found in the cost of energy: in the last period, from the third to the fourth quarter of 2021, the price went from
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Solar and Wind Tenders & Auctions, January 2022

At Green Dealflow we provide knowledge regarding investments opportunities and business strategies to contribute to a more sustainable society. As our aim is to facilitate investments in the renewable energy industry, we collect the officially announced schemes and deliver the updated version of solar and wind tenders and auctions to our audience on a monthly basis.  You can
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Upcoming Capacity Market Auction for Storage Projects in Italy

The Italian electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Terna initiated the procedure for electricity generators to take part in the 2024 capacity market auction at the end of November 2021 with the aim of holding the competition on 21 February 2022.   Terna will hold the third auction round for the capacity market (2024) on February 21, 2022, after having
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Energy storage appears to be fully charged for exponential growth

Lithium-based energy storage volumes in the U.S. are expected to grow by multiple orders of magnitude in the coming years, with a 1000% capacity increase by 2023. You can see the original article here. Lithium-based energy storage volumes deployed to the United States will grow by multiple orders of magnitude in the coming years, with
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Solar and Wind Tenders & Auctions, December 2021

At Green Dealflow we aim to provide important information regarding investments opportunities and business strategies to contribute to a more sustainable society. Every month we collect the officially announced schemes and deliver the updated version of solar and wind tenders and auctions to our audience.  You can read more articles and news on our blog here. During the
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Solar and Wind Annual Transaction Review, 2021

Here you can see the annual solar and wind transaction report from Green Dealflow for 2021.   This report´s data comes from Green Dealflow´s solar and wind Transaction Database, which is filled with all the transactions publicly announced during the year around the globe.    This report contains six sections:    Overview of global deals and gross capacity transacted,   Comparative data between 2020 and 2021,   Top 20 countries by number of deals,   Top 25 sellers by number of deals and MW transacted,   Top 25 buyers by number of deals and MW transacted,   The lifecycle stage of MW transacted each month.    This article aims to describe and provide insights regarding the data within each of the sections, underlying recent developments and market trends that happened in 2022.    You can get access to the report here.   Solar Industry   In 2021 a total of 238 transactions in solar projects have been recorded, a
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Solar and Wind Tenders & Auctions, November 2021

Green Dealflow we aim to provide important information regarding investments opportunities and business strategies to contribute to a more sustainable society. Every month we collect the officially announced schemes and deliver the updated version of solar and wind tenders and auctions to our audience. You can read more on our blog here. During the first months of 2022 new
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Thermal Energy Storage Technologies

One of the greatest barriers to the green energy transition is storing surplus power generation from renewables. Many technologies are capable of this, and many others are coming into the market as well. In the figure below is possible to have an overview of the whole spectrum of storage technologies.   Figure 1: Energy Storage Technologies (source)  A type of technology that has not been already exploited much consists of thermal energy storage. The plants that go under that category have very high energy and power capacities, allowing them to contribute significantly to a cleaner electricity mix.  In fact, due to the increasing need of storing excess electricity from renewable sources, scalable and high efficient solutions have a big potential in the future.  Thermal energy storage can store energy in form of heat thanks to an electricity-to-heat system, like a heat pump, for periods of
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The Irish Energy Roadmap Towards 2030

Ireland’s energy roadmap goal is to produce 70% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, in line with the direction given by the Government’s Climate Action Plan (2019).   This change will need a huge increase of clean energy sources, with at least 10 GW of new projects to be carried on, if not more. This goal will be achieved by increasing the penetration level of weather-dependent renewables like solar and wind. The
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Scientists Mapped Every Large Solar Plant

An astonishing 82% decrease in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy since 2010 has given the world a fighting chance to build a zero-emissions energy system which might be less costly than the fossil-fuelled system it replaces. The International Energy Agency projects that PV solar generating capacity must grow ten-fold by 2040 if we are to meet the dual tasks
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