Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Germany has launched a new tender which seeks to add 1.95GW of utility-scale solar PV capacity on arable land and grassland in disadvantaged areas.

European trade body SolarPower Europe has launched a Solar Best Practices Platform aimed to award quality badges to PV project developers.

Fast solar project completion times mean the Baltics are becoming increasingly attractive to developers compared with other European markets.

Spain has deployed 2.5GW of self-consumption in 2022, almost half of its total installed capacity, according to data from the Spanish trade association UNEF.

German chemical group Wacker Chemie posted new sales and earnings records in 2022 as the polysilicon division benefited from strong demand and higher prices.

Solar developer Jinko Power has reached financial close and started construction on a 300MW PV project in Saudi Arabia.

A new initiative, the Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative (AREMI), has been launched with the aim to scale up renewable energy manufacturing capabilities in Africa.

Energy asset manager Tesla 50Hz has signed a cooperation agreement with industrial properties developer Element Industrial to design and build 40MW of rooftop solar on ELI’s buildings across Romania.

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has signed a 500MW distribution partnership with Brazilian supplier SOL+ Distribuidora to supply its inverters in the Brazilian market.

PV has outpaced wind as the preferred choice for corporate buyers in the US, with utility-scale solar accounting for 58% of the total contracted clean power to date, according to trade body the American Clean Power Association (ACP).