Europe

PV Tech Power Editors JP Casey and John Lubbock and Reporter George Heynes caught up with several experts to talk about the skills shortage in the solar industry in the UK and abroad and how this growing industry is approaching the issue.

Solar developer Lightsource bp has signed a long-term PPA with tech giant Microsoft for a 40MW solar PV plant in Poland.

Europe’s main barrier to decarbonising its power supply by 2045 is its aging grid infrastructure, 40% of which is over 40 years old, according to a new report by European electricity industry body Eurelectric.

Q Energy will begin construction on a floating solar project in north-eastern France this month, which will have a capacity of 74.3MW.

CTP has secured a €200 million loan from the European Investment Bank to support its deployment of solar modules.

Nexun, a portfolio company of infrastructure investor Marguerite, has signed a co-development agreement with an unnamed Polish developer for 206MW of solar PV.

Fraunhofer ISE has developed a perovskite-silicon triple-junction solar cell, which boasts a conversion efficiency of “over 30%”.

Ørsted and Terra Solar have agreed to develop a new 400MW portfolio of solar power projects in Ireland, to come online by 2030.

JA Solar and Ecorus have partnered in building the 103.5MWp Fledderbosch solar project in Groningen, in the northeastern Netherlands.