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06 December 2019
IN WITH THE NEW: HOW DANISH COMPANIES ARE SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE
Danish Better Energy is not bidding in the current Danish renewables auction. Instead, the energy company is ushering in a new era of corporate PPAs without subsidies and with true additionality.
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18 November 2019
BETTER ENERGY CONTINUES SUCCESS OF SOLAR GRAZING PROGRAMME
A new permanent solar grazing programme shows how the Danish energy company optimises maintenance of solar plants and creates a good environment for sheep.
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23 September 2019
CHR. HANSEN’S GOOD BACTERIA TO BE PRODUCED ON SOLAR POWER
A new 10-year agreement enables Chr. Hansen Denmark to switch 100% to green power from two brand new solar parks. The agreement underlines Chr. Hansen’s commitment to a sustainable future and will create more green energy capacity to the benefit of all of Denmark.
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20 September 2019
BETTER ENERGY HAS SIGNED A PPA WITH GOOGLE
Better Energy will supply Google with solar energy from three solar plants in the municipalities of Gimming in Randers, Næstved and Nordjurs in Denmark for a total capacity of 100 MWp. The solar plants are connected to the same grid where Google will operate its new data center in Fredericia, Denmark.
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17 September 2019
BETTER ENERGY AND HOFOR JOIN FORCES TO GREEN COPENHAGEN WITH SOLAR ENERGY
HOFOR – Greater Copenhagen Utility – has just invested in a large solar plant built by Danish Better Energy. The new agreement between Better Energy and HOFOR will help Copenhagen meet their target of becoming CO2 neutral by 2025.
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28 August 2019
GREEN THE GRID WITH BETTER ENERGY
The path towards 100% renewable energy just got shorter. A PPA with Better Energy is a proven solution that makes it easy to do the right thing.
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26 August 2019
BETTER ENERGY EXPANDS INTO NEW OFFICE SPACE
Better Energy is moving into new headquarters in Copenhagen to accommodate a growing company and growing demand.
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02 July 2019
BETTER ENERGY EXPANDING IN POLAND
Better Energy is expanding its Polish pipeline and expects to roll out gigawatts of solar energy capacity in the coming years.
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13 June 2019
DANISH HOSPITAL COMPLEX MAKES POWERFUL STATEMENT WITH SOLAR
The new Odense University Hospital complex will include an on-site solar power plant built by Danish solar energy company Better Energy. The solar system will start generating green energy early to power the construction process.
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23 April 2019
PROVENTUS BACKS BETTER ENERGY’S PLANS WITH €80 MILLION TO ACCELERATE THE GREEN TRANSITION
Danish renewable energy company Better Energy has secured financing from Swedish investment company Proventus Capital Partners worth €80 million to accelerate growth and the transition to clean energy sources.
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10 April 2019
BETTER ENERGY DELIVERS ANOTHER YEAR OF CLEAN ENERGY PROGRESS
With new green energy capacity in Northern Europe and a historic milestone in the transition to a sustainable energy system in Denmark, Better Energy delivered solid results in 2018.
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13 February 2019
HEARTLAND AND BETTER ENERGY ANNOUNCE SUBSIDY-FREE SOLAR POWER PLANT
A Better Energy solar power plant with a capacity over 125 MW has been ordered by HEARTLAND (BESTSELLER’s parent company). The power plant is expected to produce the equivalent of BESTSELLER’s global energy consumption for owned and operated buildings under a power purchase agreement (PPA).
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08 February 2019
LOGICENTERS PLANS ROOFTOP SOLAR TO POWER FACILITIES IN DENMARK
Better Energy will install solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop systems on five logistics facilities across Denmark for Logicenters. The project is Logicenters’ largest environmental investment to date and their first investment in solar energy.
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25 January 2019
DANISH SDG INVESTMENT FUND KICKS OFF WITH BETTER ENERGY SOLAR PROJECT
The Danish SDG Investment Fund has made its first investment in a 19.1 megawatt Ukrainian solar park developed by Better Energy.
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21 December 2018
OFF-GRID SWEDISH HOUSING BLOCK POWERED 100% BY SUN AND HYDROGEN
The world's first energy self-sufficient housing complex is located in Vårgårda, Sweden where a block of 30 flats now runs entirely on solar energy and stored hydrogen.
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04 October 2018
32 MW SOLAR BOOSTS DANMARK'S GREEN TRANSITION
Denmark will soon be getting another boost of green energy from two Better Energy solar PV projects. Both parks have received financing from the Danish Green Investment Fund and will be grid connected before end 2018.
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16 July 2018
RESTAURANT CHAIN COFOCO PARTNERING WITH BETTER ENERGY
In a new type of partnership with Better Energy, Cofoco has become co-owner of a Better Energy solar park that produces enough power to more than cover the energy needs of all its restaurants, now and far into the future.
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13 June 2018
BETTER ENERGY SECURES FINANCE FOR 19 MW IN UKRAINE
NEFCO and Danish company Better Energy have signed a loan agreement for the construction of Phase 1 of a 19 MW solar park in Western Ukraine. The total investment amounts to EUR 6.6 million.
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05 June 2018
A POWER BOOST FOR SOLAR ENERGY AND GREEN TRADE
Better Energy continues to make its mark, delivering more than 85% of Denmark’s large-scale solar systems in 2017, achieving strong financial results and exporting green technology in four new countries abroad.
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28 June 2017
BETTER ENERGY AND ATSOLAR WILL MAKE SOLAR ENERGY MORE AFFORDABLE
Better Energy teams up with long-standing partners from ATsolar in strategic global partnership. Together, they are tailoring finance and technology solutions to drive down the cost of going green and solar.
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04 April 2018
BETTER ENERGY PIONEERS NEW ECOPARK CONCEPT
Since 2015, Better Energy has been developing its Better Energy EcoPark concept. In 2016, livestock started grazing on solar parks in Denmark and Germany which doubled the land use. Now they are taking it to a whole new level.
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11 December 2017
NEW PARTNERS NRGI AND BETTER ENERGY COUNT ON SOLAR
Danish utility NRGi has invested a double-digit million-euro amount in a new partnership with Better Energy. They share ambitious plans to advance clean energy, including Denmark’s third largest solar park.
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27 September 2017
HORSLUNDE II SOLAR PARK SETS NEW STANDARDS
Phase II of Horslunde solar park on the Danish island of Lolland has just been completed on schedule and evaluated as “outstanding” in the technical review.
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04 September 2017
BETTER ENERGY SECURES 33 MILLION EURO LOAN FROM THE DANISH GREEN INVESTMENT FUND TO BUILD DENMARK’S THIRD LARGEST SOLAR PARK
With funding from Danish Green Investment Fund, Better Energy is constructing a 63-hectare solar park in Nees, West Jutland.
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28 August 2017
NEW OFFICE IN RESILIENCE HOUSE
Better Energy expands with new office in Resilience House in Vejle, Denmark.
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28 August 2017
BETTER ENERGY SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH TATA POWER SOLAR AND HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
Tata Power Solar, India’s largest integrated solar company, and Huawei Technologies, a world leader in inverter technology, have established new contracts and partnerships aiming to support Better Energy’s vision and ambitious growth plans to increase installed capacity up to 1 GWh by 2020.
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18 August 2017
ATSOLAR WINS TENDERS TO BUILD INNOVATIVE INSTALLATIONS AT TWO OF DENMARK’S LARGEST UNIVERSITIES
Some of the brightest minds in Denmark at the Technological University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) soon will be supplied with green power from new rooftop installations.
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14 August 2017
DANISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANDERS SAMUELSEN VISITS BETTER ENERGY
Anders Samuelsen met today with Michael Vater from Better Energy to discuss upcoming activities abroad.
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06 July 2017
PRYSMIAN SIGNS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH BETTER ENERGY
New cable supplier agreement will optimise procurement, reduce costs and ensure capacity for significant growth.
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04 June 2017
BETTER ENERGY PARTICIPATES IN PV ROUNDTABLE AT INTERSOLAR
Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and it is held annually in Munich.
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