Europe

Retroactive changes to Italy’s feed-in tariff (FiT) are “illegitimate” and could face similar legal challenges to those seen in Spain, according to a major PV investor.

The PV materials manufacturer DuPont has completed a 4.5MW array at its Cernay facility in France.

US thin-film manufacturer First Solar and German EPC firm Belectric have connected 34.5MW of solar farms in the UK.

A report by environmental activist group, Greenpeace, on the upgrades required for nuclear power plants in France, reveals renewable energy will be more financially competitive by 2020.

Chinese solar manufacturer, Hanwha SolarOne has shipped 9.5MW of its modules to Ikaros Solar for two UK solar farm projects.

The US company which last week acquired German solar mounting solutions provider, Renusol, is planning to use the deal to gain access to the European PV market, highlighting specific interest in the commercial rooftop sector.

Hanplast, a high-precision plastic mouldings engineering firm based in Poland is the first company to deploy Meyer Burger’s ‘SmartWire’ interconnect technology in a PV module assembly plant.

The Spanish cabinet has approved a renewable energy bill that will retroactively cap the returns of PV investors.

Accusations that Trina Solar has breached the EU trade agreement are “false and ridiculous”, according to an executive at the company.

Downstream project developers and suppliers proved to be the winners in the Intersolar AWARD 2014 ceremony at Intersolar Europe.