The French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy has published the feed-in tariffs for PV installations for the last quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.
Two potentially emerging European markets, Serbia and Croatia are proving important enough for ‘fabless’ PV module supplier, Upsolar to team with a regional partner, Plan-net Solar to support the markets in 2013.
The Cypriot Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Neoclis Sylikiotis, has announced the results of its call for tender for 50MW of PV capacity in Cyprus launched on 30 January 2013.
Arizona-based Solar Bankers and its German affiliate Apollon have developed a new CPV module which, the companies claim, has low production costs and a 28% conversion rate.
Greek grid operator, Hellenic Transmission, has announced the country installed 1.126GW of solar PV capacity, whilst rooftop capacity was 298MW in December 2012.
A cap of 2.5% should be applied to inreases in renewable energy incentives levy in Germany, according to the country's Environment Minister, Peter Altmaier.
