Europe

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at some of the latest developments underpinning trackers’ growing status as an indispensable ingredient in solar’s continued growth.

The Netherlands has launched a new subsidy aimed at supporting domestic manufacturing of solar panels, batteries and electrolysers.

Figures from US research firm Rystad Energy suggest that the world will need to invest US$3.1 trillion into grid infrastructure before 2030.

Europe has a significant opportunity for innovation in cell and wafer production technology, according to the CEO of German wafer producer NexWafe.

Europe's PV industry must seize the opportunity to innovate in cell and wafer production technology, writes NexWafe CEO Davor Sutija.

Enerparc has secured bridge financing for a 325MW solar portfolio in Germany, which will include co-located battery storage projects.

A bill was vetoed by the Dutch Senate to gradually phase out the netting scheme to zero from 1 January 2025 to 1 January 2031.

Solar developer ib vogt has closed a debt financing deal to support 418MW of solar PV projects in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.

French telecom company iliad Group has signed three solar PV power purchase agreements (PPAs) across Europe for a combined capacity of 89.5MW.

The Italian government has issued a decree to pave the way for €1.7 billion (US$1.8 billion) towards developing over 1GW of agrivoltaics.