Markets & Finance

PV Tech Premium spoke with the ESMC following the announcement of a 'solar pledge' to support European PV manufacturers.

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on a regulation to ban products made with forced labour from entering the market.

The EU has confirmed that it will pursue ways to support the European solar manufacturing industry, following discussions today (4t March) between the European Commission and solar industry representatives.

The government of Alberta has implemented a new “agriculture-first” approach to approving projects, on land in the Canadian province.

The construction bridge financing loan will finance the construction of 16 solar PV plants with a combined capacity of 114.7MW across Poland.

Solar PV deployments increased by 85% year-on-year in 2023, more than any other renewable technology in a year which saw clean energy deployments curb the rise in carbon emissions.

The proposal would have likely been consequential for the solar PV industry, which is plagued by allegations of forced labour in the production of polysilicon and other upstream components.

SMA Solar sold 20.5GW of inverters in 2023, up from 12.2GW in 2022. EBITDA increased to €311 million in 2023 from €70 million in 2022.

ARR and Apollo have entered into a US$30 million royalty investment with Apex to aid in the latter’s commissioning of the 195MW Angelo solar farm.

Better Energy has signed a PPA with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies to sell electricity generated at its 107MW solar project in Vedde.