Europe

PV Talk: Italy’s new CfD policy offers clear support for solar developers in an otherwise uncertain legislative landscape, says Terrawatt's Patrizio Donati.

A project claimed to be Germany’s largest agriPV plant has been commissioned in the north-east of the country.

Iberdrola has signed a 77MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Italian grocery retail group Selex Gruppo Commerciale.

The average price of solar modules sold in Europe fell marginally between July and August, while buyers’ confidence remained steady.

France has awarded 971MW of ground-mount solar capacity, to 165 projects, in the eighth round of the PPE2 PV tender.

Scientists from Germany and Saudi Arabia have discovered that perovskite thin-film cells are compatible with current industry standard silicon solar cells, which they claim is a “crucial step toward the industrialisation of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells”.

Fraunhofer ISE has completed testing work of grid-forming inverters currently available in the energy industry.

The Czech national cybersecurity agency has warned that Chinese solar inverters represent a threat to the country’s data security.

Developers Alight Neoen have commissioned the 100MWp Hultsfred Solar Farm in Småland, southern Sweden.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar has signed a patent licence agreement with French module manufacturing startup Holosolis to use its TOPCon solar cell technology.