Europe

The expansion of solar PV and battery storage is keeping the global net zero 1.5 degree pathway open, and the current host of planned manufacturing capacity expansions will be enough to meet demand by 2030.

A SolarPower Europe report has found that the sector’s workforce grew from around 466,000 to over 648,000 jobs between 2021 and 2022.

In the last two weeks, new solar projects, or deals involving existing facilities, have been struck in Sweden, Senegal and Uruguay.

UK-headquartered renewables developer Ethical Power has entered the Italian solar PV market with plans for a 250MW project pipeline and a new country manager, Francesca Cavallini.

Spanish solar developer Solaria has signed off a financing framework with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for up to €1.7 billion (US$1.8 billion) to be deployed on 120 solar PV plants across Spain, Italy and Portugal.

Smart solar irradiation and weather monitoring provide highly accurate measurements that make it easy to maintain optimal performance.

Vattenfall has started construction at its 79MW Tützpatz agrivoltaic project, which will be Germany's largest agrivoltaic project.

Danish renewables firm European Energy has sold a 49% stake in its 304MW Kassø solar PV plant to Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co.

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.