Europe

Germany and the wider EU can use its research and development strengths to stay competitive in the global solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a group of industry and research bodies.

PV Tech Premium speaks to IEEFA's Jonathan Bruegel about how renewable PPAs have become a key part of European energy resilience.

Swedish independent power producer (IPP) Alight Energy and automotive safety company Autoliv have inaugurated the 101MWp Eurajoki Solar Park in Finland.

Swedish thin-film PV manufacturer Midsummer has abandoned from plans to build a new 200MW cell manufacturing facility in its home country.

Europe’s PV fleet has removed the need for over €30 billion (US$34.74 billion) in gas imports since the start of the Iran conflict.

The Bundesnetzagentur has launched its third rooftop solar PV tender of the year, which aims to award 296.3MW of new rooftop solar capacity.

The Spanish government has unveiled plans to require data centres to have at least 80% of their hourly generation be powered by renewable energy.

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%.