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PV Tech spoke with Henning Schulz, vice president of JA Solar at the Intersolar Europe trade show in Munich

Germany has awarded 512MW of capacity to solar-plus-storage projects in its most recent Innovation Auction.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide up to US$229.4 million to ACWA Power to develop a 200MW/500MWh solar-plus-storage project in Uzbekistan.

PV Tech Premium interviewed Meyer Burger CEO Gunter Erfurt about the company's decision to leave Europe and set up shop in the US.

Swedish thin film solar manufacturer Midsummer has secured roughly €8 million (US$8.6 million) to support the development of its 50MW copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film cell manufacturing plant in Italy.

French renewable energy company Voltalia has signed a framework agreement to develop over 2.5GW of solar PV and wind capacity in Egypt to support green hydrogen production.

Renewable energy sources provided 44.7% of the EU’s electricity consumption in 2023, according to data from Eurostat, the European Commission’s statistical office.

PV Tech spoke with Moses Zhang, vice president of Chinese solar manufacturing company Akcome Technology.

The Asia-Pacific region stands to benefit from localised balance of system manufacturing in its solar industry, the IEEFA said.

The Pope has ordered that a solar PV project be built in the Vatican City, with a capacity sufficient to power all of the mini-state’s electricity needs.