Europe

Germany-headquartered inverter manufacturer SMA Solar is expanding its Large Scale and Project Solutions business to cater for the fast-growing data centre market.

WElink Energy Portugal 2, the owner of Portugal’s largest solar PV project, has entered administration, owing debts of US$77.7 million.

Fraunhofer ISE has developed what it described as 'industry-ready' semi-transparent PV modules with a conversion efficiency of up to 9.26%.

Scatec has reported quarter-on-quarter growth in revenue and operational solar PV capacity in its latest financial results.

The average selling price of full black, back contact and monofacial TOPCon modules in Europe has continued to increase.

Germany’s federal network agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has allocated 2,135MW of PV in the country’s latest ground-mounted solar auction.

Risen Energy has signed an MoU with Ascania Energy to deploy 100MW of solar PV capacity and 200MWh of utility-scale batteries in Ukraine.

CIP has closed at around US$3 billion to develop large-scale energy infrastructure projects across emerging markets.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €120 million financing package for a 342MW solar-plus-storage project in Romania.

Global investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and investment group La Caisse have completed the acquisition of Canadian independent power producer (IPP) Boralex.