Europe

Solar manufacturer Trina Solar and Qcells parent Hanwha Solutions have reached a patent licensing and transfer agreement with each other over their respective intellectual property and settled their patent dispute, they said in a joint statement.

The European Commission has approved Romania’s €259 million scheme to support investments in the production, assembly and recycling of batteries, PV cells and solar panels.

Spanish water company Miya has acquired a minority stake in Xfloat, the Israeli floating PV tech developer.

Otovo stopped trading on Euronext Growth Oslo on 13 February and moved to the main list on the following day.

Dan Shreve of Clean Energy Associates discusses five major market trends for the solar and energy storage industries in 2023.

Solar tracker manufacturer PV Hardware has planned to build a new solar structure and tracker facility occupying 65,000m2 in an industrial park in Valencia, Spain.

Spain installed 3.7GW of new ground-mounted solar PV capacity in 2022, according to a report from trade association the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF).

The European Commission has announced two acts to help define renewable hydrogen in the EU.

Grenergy has purchased the remaining stake of 60% in UK solar energy facility developer Sofos Harbert to strengthen its business in the US.

Israel-headquartered smart energy technology company SolarEdge's yearly net income in 2022 dropped by 45%, despite the total revenue increasing by 58% year-on-year.