Will Norman

German IPP Encavis has closed a financing package for a 351MW solar PV portfolio in Italy.

Europe’s Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) has been implemented “too slowly” to revive the continent’s solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a report by the industry group SolarPower Europe.

The EU’s REPowerEU plan to shift away from Russian gas is “faltering” despite ongoing turmoil in global fossil fuel markets, according to analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

African renewables financier CrossBoundary Energy has begun commercial operations at a 233MW/526MWh solar-plus-storage project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Plans for the US’ “first end-to-end” solar PV critical materials recovery and recycling facility have been announced.

Italian power utility Enel has bought two solar PV projects in the US with a combined 625MW of generation capacity.

The US added 11.4GW of solar PV capacity in Q2 2026, a 45% year-on-year increase, according to data from SEIA.

US technology giant Oracle is seeking proposals for 2GW of solar PV, wind power, geothermal and “other renewable technologies” to power its data centre operations in New Mexico.

Hamburg-based solar PV construction firm Pvwerk has filed for reconstruction just days after its sister company, Enerparc, announced insolvency.

Solar PV will play a major role in global demand for critical minerals in the coming decades, according to a report from the International Energy Agency Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS).