Europe

Ministry confirms extension until 7 July will help consider proposals from some 300 parties so far, keen to bid on 1.4GW tender meant to fuel solar boom.

Government flags solar’s ‘poorly designed’ applications as it moves to force projects to get indicative go-ahead from grid operator before subsidies are awarded.

Manufacturer says ongoing improvements in module tech come at perfect time for Europe's subsidy-free drive.

Perovskite solar cell developer, Oxford PV has secured £34 million in new funding for a 200MW heterojunction (HJT) solar cell line from Meyer Burger to start production of perovskite - silicon tandem cells in 2020.

OMV and Verbund will deploy two-site 16MW installation northeast of capital Vienna, a 60,000-panel project set to become operational in late 2020.

Sigma 204MW project in Cádiz province comes amid 794MW new renewable push by group, which already owns 260MW Valdesolar scheme.

Scatec Solar and its partners have closed financing on the 55MW Chigirin project in central Ukraine, representing a total investment of $46.9 million.

France and the Netherlands put forward new renewable support measures and lay out how far they are willing to go subsidising PV, wind and others.

Amtech Systems exiting the solar industry with sale of SoLayTec as Tempress talks continue.

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar is expanding production capacity of high-efficiency products to meet demand as the company is almost fully allocated for 2019.