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Spain’s renewables association pushes back on data center draft rule
Whichever way that detail lands, the direction is set: data centers are becoming one of the fastest-growing classes of renewable offtaker in Iberia, and hourly matching, even partial,…
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Portugal’s solar fleet just posted a new high
Numbers like that read as a good-news story on the surface. From where we sit as developers, they’re also a capacity signal. Every additional gigawatt the grid absorbs…
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PERSIMMON DAILY RENEWABLES BRIEF — 15 September 2026
Also moving this week, closer to the ground we work: In the Comoros, Masdar and Global South Utilities switched on 20 MW of solar plus 8 MW/16 MWh…
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UAE-Africa Wind Deal Shows Why DSA Structure Matters
What’s notable isn’t just the megawatts. It’s the structure: a UAE developer, an Egyptian partner, and a state offtaker, each bringing something the others don’t have — capital,…
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Spain is now requiring data centres of 1 MW and above to source at least 80% of Renewables
Rules like this turn a soft ESG preference into a hard procurement requirement, and it changes how a Project Development Services Agreement gets written. An offtaker with a…
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210 MW.
While the market talks about Tâmega and Alto Minho, we’re bringing 210 MW of secured onshore wind capacity to the table — backed by a 300 MVA VPA…
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Chinese wind OEMs in Europe
The FT has interviewed the European chief executive of one of China’s largest wind turbine manufacturers. His message: Europe is a long-haul commitment, and the company is hiring…
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Portugal’s September Storage Auctions and the Bankability Gap
Portugal’s storage sector got sharper numbers this week: APREN confirms two competitive procedures land in September — up to 750 MVA for standalone battery storage, plus another 300…
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Spain has quietly done something more consequential than any auction: it abolish
For two decades, demand-side access was firm or refused. Once the queue saturated, refusal became the default — and the permit itself became the traded asset. The numbers…