Europe

Greek energy company DEPA Commercial and solar developer Recurrent Energy both secured loans from the bank this week.

Seraphim's VP Insan Boy discusses the Chinese module manufacturer's ongoing expansion into new markets and adapting to regional needs.

Pexapark's latest report notes a 1.5% decline in the average price of a PPA signed in Europe from the end of May to the end of June.

Policies in the EU and US to impose a carbon price on imported materials and goods will inevitably hit solar manufacturers.

The power purchase agreement consists of a portfolio of six solar PV projects located in the Italian regions of Lazio and Emilia Romagna.

Sungrow's Lei Wang discusses the company's floating solar activities and opportunities for PV to go offshore.

Swiss renewable energy investment group GoldenPeaks Capital and German commercial bank Nord/LB have closed €109 million in financing to support two solar PV project portfolios in Poland.

119 bids were successfully awarded contracts, for a total of 258.5MW capacity. Successful bids ranged between €0.0795/kWh and €0.1019/kWh, with a volume-weighted average price of €0.0894/kWh.

A round-up of the latest solar project news, as Lightsource bp commissions its first PV project in Poland, Soltec receives EIA on a 220MW solar portfolio in Italy and Iberdrola completes two plants in Portugal.

In the first half of 2024, Italy has installed 3.7GW of new renewable energy capacity, of which 3.3GW came from solar PV.