Europe

The US general election and its aftermath, along with struggles from Western inverter manufacturers have dominated Q4 news in 2024.

As the year comes to an end, PV Tech speaks to sun.store's Agata Krawiec-Rokita about the company’s 2024 performance and 2025 prospects.

The demise of SunPower and the ongoing struggles of Maxeon dominated the news in Q3 2024, along with forecasts of a lengthy industry downturn.

In the final days of 2024, PV Tech is looking back at the stories that dominated the headlines in each quarter of the year.

EDP has secured €700 million in loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development of over 1.9GW of renewable energy capacity

Unlike the price ceiling for wind, which has not changed compared to 2024, all three auctions involving solar PV have been revised down to take into account the decrease in the forecast levelised cost of electricity, said the Bundesnetzagentur.

This week, a number of solar developers have raised funds for a number of projects, including Sonnedix in Europe and Origis in the US.

The 28.6% efficiency rating was certified by the CalLab at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

The ingot and wafer plant in Norway had an annual nameplate capacity of 1GW, according to the company’s website.

The company uses direct “gas-to-wafer” epitaxial technology to produce its solar wafers which achieved 24.4% efficiency on HJT cells.