Europe

Germany is on course to produce over 600,000 tonnes of solar PV waste material by 2030, potentially worth billions in aluminium and silver.

Renalfa IPP and Danish renewables developer Eurowind Energy have began commercial operations at a 242MWp solar-plus-storage hybrid park in Bulgaria.

Alight has acquired a portfolio of 40 utility-scale solar projects in southern Sweden from Soltech Energy Solutions.

This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at the breakdown in European inverter manufacturing production, capacity and supply until 2027.

X-Elio has started commercial operations at the 368MW Lorca Solar project in Spain, its largest in the country.

Independent power producer Rezolv Energy has secured a €561 million (US$637 million) financing for its 1.3GWp Dama Solar project in Romania.

The Solar Markt Group has started commercial operations at the Hódmezővásárhely facility, the largest hybrid power plant in Hungary.

The German government has awarded contracts to 480MW worth of solar-plus-storage capacity in its latest public "innovation" tender.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has started construction on a 122MW solar PV portfolio in France.

Industry experts in China discussed at TÜV Rheinland's summit on how solar PV and energy storage industry can move beyond price competition.