Europe

SMA has opened a new Gigawatt Factory in Niestetal, Germany, expanding its manufacturing capacity for utility-scale energy technologies.

This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at the breakdown in forecast global PV module shipments by country/region.

German IPP Encavis has closed a financing package for a 351MW solar PV portfolio in Italy.

Spain has announced plans to create a capacity market for the national electricity system in order to secure 'security of supply'.

Zelestra has signed a PPA with German steel manufacturer Salzgitter Flachstahl for a new solar-plus-storage portfolio in Germany.

Over 90% of solar industry professionals report a growing project deployment pipeline in 2026, but new projects that are abandoned before completion now account for almost half of all project pipelines.

Solar project developers ought to move away from a 'throwing spaghetti at the wall' approach, says Glint Solar's Simen Fure Jørgensen.

Europe’s Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) has been implemented “too slowly” to revive the continent’s solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a report by the industry group SolarPower Europe.

The EU’s REPowerEU plan to shift away from Russian gas is “faltering” despite ongoing turmoil in global fossil fuel markets, according to analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

The average price of a renewable energy PPA signed in Europe in August reached €46.02/MWh, up from €45.01/MWh in July.