Europe

The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have signed two agreements for the development of renewables in the country.

Panellists during last month’s Large Scale Solar Europe event, hosted by PV Tech publisher Solar Media in Lisbon, discussed the issue of grid modernisation in Europe and how it affects the growth of solar PV across several European Union members.

Bisol said this 22kW project aims to meet the increasing energy needs of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station.

The European Council (EC) and Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement to raise its renewable energy share target to 42.5% by 2030.

Solar developer Emeren, formerly known as ReneSola Power, has targeted to reach a 4GW pipeline of solar and storage projects by the end of 2023.

The project is estimated to generate about 41GWh of clean energy annually.

Solar O&M solutions provider Ecoppia has agreed to deploy robotic models at PV sites developed by Matrix Renewables. 

IRENA believed that yearly investments must more than quadruple to over US$5 trillion to stay on the 1.5°C pathway.

Lithuania-headquartered solar PV manufacturer Solitek has expanded its operations into Italy with a 600MW module assembly plant in Benevento.

French independent power producer Girasole Energies has raised €96 million (US$103 million) to support and accelerate its growth in France.