Europe

Chinese-owned solar manufacturer Astronergy has planned to invest US$584 million in a solar cell plant in Turkey.

Held by Italy’s energy management agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE), the tender will allocate €323 million (US$349 million) to fund agriPV projects.

PERC solar PV technology is “all but obsolete” in Europe, as the flow of cheap N-type products coming from China is unlikely to abate.

Hugo Sánchez Ortiz reports on some of the findings of research into how best to balance land use for energy and food production.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded funding to seven solar PV manufacturing projects with more than €210 million.

As solar projects become more complex, Typical Meteorological Year data is holding the industry back, according to Solargis' Marcel Suri.

Adding energy storage to PV projects offers significant opportunities for futureproofing investments and enhancing grid stability, writes Gabriele Buccini, head of utility storage for Europe at Trinasolar.

Speakers at LSSEU in Lisbon said that underperformance is a "massive" problem in the PV industry, which can be solved with "good data".

Providing transparent data on grid capacity and connection requests has become “critical” to identifying bottlenecks as grid congestion becomes an increasing impediment to new renewable energy projects.

Europe saw a 4% month-on-month decline in number of power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed in February 2025, according to Pexapark.