Europe

According to Ember's Global Electricity Review 2026, renewables accounted for 33.8% of global power generation in 2025.

Solar PV accounted for more than a quarter of total global energy demand growth in 2025, becoming the single largest contributor to new energy supply, according to the International Energy Agency.

Solar PV installations for the first three months of 2026 reached 1.4GW in Italy, according to data from trade body Italia Solare.

France remains an 'attractive' solar market, and a 'stable environment' for potential investors, according to Ksenia Dray.

The average price of a solar power purchase agreement (PPA) signed in Europe fell to €55.05/MWh (US$64.83/MWh) in the first quarter of 2026.

UK-based perovskite PV specialist Oxford PV has joined a British research project to develop electric vehicle-integrated solar technologies. 

European solar procurement is shifting away from cost concerns towards other risks, according to speakers at the SolarPLUS Europe conference in Milan yesterday.

Iberdrola is set to acquire a 42MW solar PV plant in Lazio, Italy, taking its total installed renewable capacity in the country to 400MW.

Italy’s solar sector is an attractive investment space, and much of this is owed to the supportive auction systems managed by the government.

European renewables developers need to embrace volatility and change in the face of ongoing global shifts, according to speakers at the SolarPLUS Europe conference in Milan, Italy this morning.