Europe

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.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has launched a procedure to award 937MW of grid access capacity for renewables and energy storage projects.

The financial difficulties of one of Europe’s best-known downstream solar companies highlight the faultlines running through the continent’s PV and energy storage business.

The three EU Parliament rapporteurs on the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act are calling for increased European content in solar modules and other net-zero products.

Hamburg-based solar PV construction firm Pvwerk has filed for reconstruction just days after its sister company, Enerparc, announced insolvency.

Swedish manufacturer Midsummer is establishing a joint venture in Indonesia to produce its copper indium gallium selenide thin-film PV modules.

Solar PV will play a major role in global demand for critical minerals in the coming decades, according to a report from the International Energy Agency Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS).