Danish renewables developer European Vitality’s (EE) North American subsidiary has dedicated to creating 10GW of renewables within the US by 2026.
EE North America just lately opened an workplace in Austin, Texas to assist its US improvement pipeline, the place it purchased practically 3,000 hectares of land to develop its first US photo voltaic tasks, together with 1GW of photo voltaic capability in Texas and different tasks within the Western US.
PV Tech sought clarification from EE concerning the quantity of photo voltaic PV throughout the 10GW determine however the firm was not capable of remark right now.
European Vitality is at present lively in 26 markets across the globe with a 40GW challenge pipeline of renewable power.
In the meantime in Europe, the dad or mum firm has just lately elevated its actions in Romania with a photo voltaic PV improvement pipeline of 810MW distributed throughout 9 completely different photo voltaic tasks beneath improvement.
“European Vitality views the US as a crucial marketplace for photo voltaic and wind energy, in addition to applied sciences like Energy-to-X that will probably be important options in decarbonising the hardest-to-abate sectors of the economic system,” mentioned Knud Erik Andersen, CEO of European Vitality.
Furthermore, the North American subsidiary will discover investments in inexperienced hydrogen and e-methanol tasks within the US.
This follows a current order from its dad or mum firm for a 50MW electrolyser with Siemens to develop a large-scale e-methanol challenge. The corporate has additionally partnered with a number of ports – essential hubs for storage and transportation – in Europe to provide inexperienced hydrogen.
