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Overall, Germany (with 16.1GW added in 2024) continues to be the most important market in the European Union for solar PV, followed by Spain (9.3GW) and Italy (6.4GW).

A paper published by the ESMC Working Group praises the NZIA but says there are gaps which need to be filled.

Romania's Ministry of Energy’s first Contracts for Difference (CfD) has awarded 11 solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 432MW.

With its first European office, in Germany, Tongwei aims to build its brand awareness and invest in ESG strategies across the continent.

Tax credit transference measures introduced under the Inflation Reduction Act have led to billions of dollars of new investment in solar and other clean energy projects. Alfred Johnson and Katie Bays look at some of the risk mitigation and due diligence best practices that can reduce the complexity and cost of tax credit transactions.

PV Tech Power 41 is out now and tackles the “hope and hype” of perovskite PV, a technology inching ever closer to commercialisation.

The waiver “Concluded that BABA-compliant modules will not likely be available from domestic manufacturers in sufficient quantities."

Opening bids for the largest centralised procurement tender in China’s PV history have come in, with 51GW each of PV modules and inverters on the table.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar is engaged in two legal proceedings with the US government over patents and import tariffs.

European solar manufacturing boasts a low carbon footprint, and falling material requirements, says SolarPower Europe.