Europe

For the first month ever, solar PV has made up 25% of monthly electricity generation across the European Union in June 2026.

David Moser of Becquerel Institute Italia talks about the complex challenges that AI brings to the PV value chain.

The Turkish government has launched a new tender seeking 900MW of new solar PV capacity and 1.5GW of new wind capacity.

Dylan Middleton and Ruiqi Hua of JA discuss the importance of traceability, decarbonisation and circularity in PV module manufacturing.

TotalEnergies has divested all 170MW of its distributed solar capacity in Europe, as it plans to “refocus” on utility-scale projects.

The EU’s decision to ban funding for solar PV and energy storage projects lacks clarity, according to SolarPower Europe.

Metlen has acquired a 40% stake in a SPV owned by Tsakos Group to develop a 251.9MW solar-plus-storage project in central Greece.

Renewables developer Elawan Energy has closed a €760 million financing on a 1.3GW solar PV, wind and battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Spain.

Speaking to PV Tech Premium, Renewabl CEO JP Cerda discusses how hourly matching is reshaping Europe’s corporate solar PPA market.

The price of PV modules in Europe has continued the upward trend in June 2026, except for the bifacial TOPCon segment.