Europe

March 5, 2020
Market research firm IHS Markit believes the PV inverter replacement market will increase by around 40% in 2020, creating an 8.7GW need outside new global installations.
March 5, 2020
European Climate Law draft criticised over move to make 2050 climate neutrality goal binding but leave 2030 goal undecided until September, with PV industry group urging EU to solve grid and planning bottlenecks.
March 5, 2020
Spring 2020 budget boosted from €2bn to €4bn in the wake of court ruling ordering stronger climate response from country, which risks missing its 2020 RES target.
March 4, 2020
Trillion-dollar oil wealth manager NBIM confirms plans to pour billions into unlisted renewables within three years, with outgoing CEO set to lead efforts from the UK capital
March 4, 2020
UK infrastructure giant singles out Australia's marginal loss factor (MLF) regime and low wind yield in Europe as "industry-wide issues" as it outlines plans to divest its standalone wind and solar assets within two years.
March 4, 2020
The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast sees Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe discuss how the clean energy economy is responding to Covid-19 while Andy reports from PV Expo in Tokyo, which itself felt the effects of the virus outbreak.
March 3, 2020
Green energy reps tell PV Tech they fear country may ‘lose trust’ of investors after announcing plans for cuts of up to 25%. Will the move derail the momentum of one of Europe’s PV markets-to-watch?
March 3, 2020
Russia-based high-efficiency heterojunction solar module producer says it is planning to fully ramp up the 80MW capacity increase in the third quarter of 2020.
March 3, 2020
The UK government has paved the way for utility-scale solar to once again compete in renewables auctions after it completed a dramatic policy U-turn.
March 2, 2020
ABB has completed the strategic divestment of its inverter business to Italy-based FIMER, but insisted it is not yet done with solar PV.

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