Europe

The Italian government has announced its net metering scheme will be limited to PV systems no greater than 200kW from 1 January 2013

Mainland Greece installed 39MW of grid-connected PV capacity in November 2012, according to the Hellenic Transmission System Operator (HTSO).

Following a challenging 2012, German renewable energy specialist juwi has restructured to focus on its core business with an emphasis on consolidation in order to prepare for 2013.

PV manufacturer China Sunergy has established a new manufacturing facility in Istanbul, Turkey with its local partner Seul Energy Investment Corp, PV systems provider and installer in Turkey.

Developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has kicked off the New Year with the sale of five Germany-based PV ground-mounted systems to an undisclosed company.

Continuing Kuwait government efforts to build-out a renewable energy mix for the future, Kuwait University (KU) has teamed with European R&D centre, imec on its silicon solar cell industrial affiliation program.

Solar wafer slurry recycling specialist SiC Processing has been granted self-administration while it goes through insolvency proceedings in the District Court of Amberg, Germany.

The Energy Solutions division of German technology manufacturer Gildemeister has been awarded contracts worth €29.2 million (US$38.5 million) to deliver PV power plants and energy storage technology in Romania, Germany and Italy.

German PV project developer Conergy has built a 1MW PV system in Uckerland, Brandenburg in Germany in collaboration with its long-term partner SolEnergy.

Photovoltaic solutions company Scheuten Solar has completed a solar power system for supermarket Lidl in Weert, the Netherlands.