Europe

Russia-based firm Hevel Group has commissioned a 60MW solar PV project in the Akhtuba district of the Astrakhan region.

State secretary João Galamba tells PV Tech of plans to boost dispatchable renewables and shares figures and time frames for separate PV auctions this year and next.

Voltalia has signed off on a Procurement, Construction and O&M Services contract for a 2.5MW solar plant located in the southwest region of Albania. This stands as Voltalia’s first contract within the country.

A new listed-fund in the UK will float next month with the intention of raising finance for US solar projects.

Large-scale event reportedly scheduled for June or July comes as part of government plans to greatly expand still-dormant PV sector.

Italian oil giant Eni, through its subsidiary Eni New Energy, has started construction of a 31MW solar PV plant at the Porto Torres industrial site in Sassari on the island of Sardinia.

The world's utility-scale solar EPC contractors are thriving in the least volatile PV markets such as India and the US, according to figures released by Wiki-Solar.org.

Winners of April 2019 snap poll will have to decide whether new proposals for a PV scale-up and new auction scheme become hard law.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) has reported preliminary ‘express’ financial results for 2018, noting a return to a small profit, despite ASP declines impacting total revenue.

PV wet chemical processing equipment supplier RENA Technologies has been acquired by private equity firm, Equistone Partners Europe for an undisclosed sum.