Europe

Italian utility Enel Group’s subsidiary Enel X has secured a tender to build a 22MW PV system at Rome's Fiumicino Airport, claiming to be the largest self-consumption PV system at an airport in Europe.

PV Tech sat down with KSTAR product director Jorson Li at Intersolar Europe 2023 in Munich, earlier this month, to discuss the company’s solution portfolio, its view of the market and its own objectives for 2023.

Utility Enel has signed a 15-year solar virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with bearing manufacturer SKF in Spain.

Chinese electronics developer Hoymiles has unveiled its latest microinverter series, the HMS-1000W, designed for domestic environments.

Grounding issues and damaged modules are the most common safety problems among rooftop solar projects, according to Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Part-2 of this article will discuss how recycling solar PV will reach landfill parity, the company’s global ambition and how PV recycling will have to work towards avoiding dumping panels illegally in less developed countries.

Finnish energy company Ilmatar has plans to develop a 350MWp solar PV project in Grums, central Sweden and two other projects in Finland.

Finnish utility Fortum has begun development on an 80MW solar PV plant in Finland’s Virolahti municipality in the Southeast of the country bordering Russia. It will be Fortum’s first solar PV project in its home country.

Alight plans to build a 64MW solar farm in Sweden, which will be the solar facility with the country's largest capacity upon its completion.

French utility EDF Renewables has opened its first floating solar (FPV) plant in a hydro reservoir facility in the French Alps.