Europe

The world is entering an ‘electricity-led era’, with solar PV set to become the globe’s largest electricity generation technology by 2032, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BloombergNEF).

Developers of co-located solar-plus-storage projects need to ensure their projects are designed to ‘solve’ the challenges faced by offtakers.

Europe has avoided €10 billion in gas imports since the start of the Iran war thanks to power generated from its solar PV fleet, according to research from SolarPower Europe.

European solar manufacturing start-up Carbon has abandoned its plan to build a 5GW module assembly plant in France due to a lack of conditions required for EU-made solar PV manufacturing.

JinkoSolar has partnered with PM Green to supply 200MW of modules, as part of a broader collaboration covering up to 1GW of capacity. 

Alex Barrows and Molly Morgan of CRU lay out their predictions for the biggest themes at this year's Intersolar Munich and SNEC conferences.

Danish IPP European Energy has started constructing a 225.5MW agrivoltaic solar PV project in Sicily, which it claims will be the “largest” such project in Italy.

ISC Konstanz is upgrading its cleanroom facilities to operate a fully integrated solar cell and module pilot line by Q3 2026. 

While CfDs are the most attractive route to market in UK solar, EDF's Ross Irvine says that there are opportunities for corporate PPAs.

Norway-headquartered technical and safety expert DNV has published two new standards for the design and maintenance of floating solar PV (FPV) systems.