Europe

The Dutch government is planning to introduce a feed-in-tariff that will require large electricity producers to pay towards the cost of the electricity grid.

PV inverter producers are adapting their manufacturing strategies to changing policy and regulatory conditions in key solar markets, writes PV Tech Research analyst Mollie McCorkindale.

German polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie recorded declining sales and earnings from its polysilicon sector in Q1 2026, primarily due to poor performance in its solar-grade polysilicon business.

CIP has acquired Orsted’s European onshore portfolio with 826MW of operational and under-construction capacity. 

French solar module recycling company ROSI has announced plans to open a new facility in Spain.

The ESMC has outlined five key amendments to the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) to accelerate domestic cleantech deployment.

Pantheon Atlas will build a €50 billion (US$58.5 billion) AI data centre in Croatia, to be powered by a 500MW solar-plus-storage facility.

PV Talk: Ember's Nicolas Fulghum says that the latest global solar deployment figures reflect 'structural changes in the power system'.

Prospective solar wafer manufacturer Sunwafe has appointed a new CEO and secured permits for a 30-hectare site in northern Spain, in efforts to establish Europe’s “first” large-scale, 20GW silicon ingot and wafer production facility.

UK-based IPP Enviromena has signed a £825 million (US$1.1 billion) financing package to support its 1GW solar PV portfolio in the UK.