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PV Tech Premium spoke with Oxford PV's CEO about bringing perovskite solar products to market and the conditions for future innovation.

Multiple gigawatts of domestic PV manufacturing are needed in Europe to support the continent’s solar deployment targets and underpin future energy resilience. Will Norman reports on the pros and cons of ongoing efforts to reshore European manufacturing.

PV Tech Premium reports on the barriers now facing European solar, from changing political winds to lagging grid modernisation efforts.

Policies in the EU and US to impose a carbon price on imported materials and goods will inevitably hit solar manufacturers.

Three of the five new European markets to hit 1GW of solar in 2023 were from the east. Will Norman looks at the shifting dynamics of Eastern Europe’s leading solar markets, which like much of the continent’s solar sector, are struggling to maintain the tempo as the 2022 energy crisis eases.

The EU and the US are leading efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of PV manufacturing through targeted import tariffs. As well as supporting decarbonisation efforts, such policies could also promote geographic diversification in the solar supply chain and greater supply resilience, writes Michael Parr of the Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance.

The corporate world is taking an increased interest in community solar, which can take multiple forms, from tax equity to offtake.

“We believe this policy will unlock opportunities for renewables as it increases electricity supply avenues."

Jonathan Tourino Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and a recent prohibition of PV on farmland are causing headaches.

Liquidity is rising at great pace in US tax credit transferability for clean energy, helping lenders become comfortable with the market.