Europe

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded more than €160 million (US$183 million) in funding to 40 clean energy manufacturing projects, three of which are for solar PV.

Italian solar manufacturer FuturaSun has launched a range of “anti-soiling” PV modules which it claims can improve energy yield and reduce losses.

German solar PV generation has continued to grow in the first half of 2026, reaching a new all-time high of 43.2TWh.

MOVA LumeGret's Roger Shen, says the industry is evolving from standalone hardware solutions toward intelligent home energy ecosystems.

The LCOE for solar PV increased marginally in 2025, reaching US$44/MWh, up from US$43/MWh in the previous year.

German solar energy research institute ISC Konstanz has launched five new publicly funded research projects covering the full PV value chain.

Canadian independent power producer (IPP) Boralex and its Swiss investor partner, Energy Infrastructure Partners, have secured €1.45 billion (US$1.65 billion) in financing to support Boralex's renewable energy business in France.

Researchers from HZB and Humboldt-Universität in Berlin have achieved a record 25.5% conversion efficiency in a CIGS-perovskite tandem PV cell.

The delays caused by the decision-making process required to deploy C&I solar projects are a key obstacle to installing C&I projects.

German energy firm RWE and Greek power supplier PPC have completed construction on a 930MW portfolio of solar PV projects in northern Greece.