'Stark misalignment': How pricing pressures have led to a slowdown in Europe's PPA market

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New report from Pexapark attributes recent slowdown in number of clean energy PPAs to price divergence between developers and corporate customers - but could the energy storage boom spark a revival?

There has been a slowdown in the number of power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed across major European markets, which has been driven by a lack of pricing consensus between buyers and sellers. That...

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