Europe

Bulgarian-headquartered solar engineering company SUNOTEC has begun construction on a 1.1GW portfolio of projects across Germany.

Renewables developer European Energy will build a 115MW solar PV project in Latvia, which it says will be one of the largest projects in the country.

Three German solar PV companies have partnered to invest €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) to build a vertically integrated manufacturing capacity.

Chinese solar PV company Trina Solar has supplied 140MW of its Vertex dual-glass bifacial modules to French renewable power company Voltalia for a solar PV project in Albania.

Meyer Burger has published its financial results for H1 2023, reporting strong production figures, but losses of US$49.4 million

Norwegian solar wafer manufacturer NorSun has closed NOK90 million (US$8.5 million) in equity financing to support its expansion in Europe and the US.

The EU will need to create a more resilient supply chain, improve the grid, and reexamine multiple constraints to achieve a more orderly energy transition, according to a study conducted by analysis company McKinsey.

Spanish solar tracker provider PV Hardware (PVH) has signed a supply agreement with Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro for 805MW of trackers.

Romania has released information concerning its upcoming first round of Contract for Difference (CfD) which seeks 1GW of solar PV.

Stuti Gupta, Solar Lead at Prescinto, an AI-powered asset performance management platform for solar, wind and energy storage assets, and Prescinto Performance Excellence Head Abhishek Puttanna on the role of artificial intelligence in monitoring and optimising photovoltaic assets.