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Germany’s solar industry fears a PV self-consumption levy will further diminish the country’s already dwindling solar installation figures, according to national industry association, BSW-Solar.

Portuguese PV developer Martifer Solar has set its sights on new markets oversees by opening a new office in El Salvador.

Over two-thirds of German PV installers are now offering their customers energy storage options, while their British and Italian counterparts are beginning to follow suit, according to a new report from EuPD Research.

PV developer OCI Solar Power’s 4.4MW Texas solar farm, Alamo 2, has officially begun generating power, officials say.

Bosch has said that its PV module assembly plant in Vénissieux, France is near being sold as talks with an unidentified potential investor were described as having reached “an advanced stage".

PV developers Gestamp Solar and 8minutenergy Renewables are planning to jointly build a 50MW solar farm in California.

A new working group has been formed in Germany to support organic PV (OPV) firms and research institutes developing the thin-film technology.

Enel Green Power reported strong annual results as its parent company announced plans to increase investment in emerging markets and renewable energy.

The Swiss Federal Council has approved changes to the country’s energy regulations that will allow small PV system owners to consume the electricity they generate.

Having dropped organic solar cells (OPV) that used fullerenes as the acceptor materials, imec has reported in ‘Nature Communications’ that it has produced a fullerene-free OPV cell with a record conversion efficiency of 8.4% and a 156cm2 module with a conversion efficiency of 5.3%.