Europe

Wood Mackenzie has warned of a supply bottleneck as the renewable energy shift drives a spike in global copper demand over the next decade.

A report by IRENA and others has highlighted the need for yearly renewable energy deployments to almost double between now and 2030.

Ciel & Terre has launched a new floating PV structure designed to address the increasingly large scale of floating solar projects.

German IPP wpd has started construction at its 140.6MW Marcy solar park in the Nièvre department of central France.

France’s Engie and the UAE’s Masdar have been chosen to jointly develop a 1.5GW PV power plant near Abu Dhabi.

The world is on pace to exceed 3TW of cumulative solar installations by the end of the year, according to a report from DNV.

Gaëtan Masson of IEA PVPS warns of overcapacity, collapsing prices and slipping module quality in the new Trends in PV Applications report.

The European solar module market has reached a “state of equilibrium” in recent weeks, with stable prices and regular demand.

Solar PV is the world’s cheapest technology to generate electricity, according to a study from the University of Surrey, in the UK.

Germany has awarded contracts to 490MW of solar-plus-storage projects in its latest “innovation” auction for co-located renewables.