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Trina Solar and FuturaSun were awarded funding in the latest Innovation Fund for a 1.5GW HJT and 1.4GW xBC module assembly plant, respectively.

Oil and gas major bp has officially acquired solar PV developer Lightsource bp, securing the remaining 50.03% interest in the company.

The EIB has backed a solar plant in Croatia, Sonnedix advanced a project in Poland and Sunrock will build rooftop installations in Germany.

Fierce competition and the emergence of technologies such as TOPCon have led to an uptick in the prevalence of patent infringement lawsuits between PV companies. Tom Kenning reports.

EDP is piloting a robotic construction solution on a 122MW Spanish project, which it hopes will significantly slash the project’s build time.

Between August and September, the average price of a power purchase agreement (PPA) signed in Europe fell, according to Pexapark.

A German government-funded project has developed a new methodology for predicting the lifetime of inverters used in solar, battery and other energy systems.

Alight Energy and 3Flash have announced plans to build a 120MW solar project in the Finnish town of Loviisa.

The average global LCOE for fixed-axis solar PV systems in 2024 reached US$66/MWh, ranging from US$28/MWh to US$117/MWh.

2023 was a 'record year' for solar installations, dominated by China which is 'well above the sum of all other markets globally', the IEA said.