Europe

The current rate of cut backs to support for solar energy could put the German energy transition at risk, the country’s solar trade body has warned.

Renewable energy supplier, Good Energy has been granted provisional planning permission for a 49.9MW solar plant – the largest in the UK following the cannon of announcements for a 40MW and 41MW solar park in recent weeks.

Romania is to halve the green certificates available for new solar developments.

Crystal-growing equipment specialist, PVA TePla, has lowered its sales forecast for the year after experiencing a delay in a PV equipment order processing.

The State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s largest state-owned utility company, has joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii).

China-based thin-film module producer, Astronergy, is to buy Conergy’s Frankfurt modules factory.

Proposals to build the UK’s largest solar farm have moved one step closer to realisation after a local planning committee authorised planning consent for the proposed 40MW solar farm in Wiltshire.

Utility companies should embrace solar energy rather than trying to block it, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has said.

German PV project developer SAG Solarstrom has announced that its credit rating was withdrawn on Friday 6 December.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has made its largest equity investment in clean energy this year, with a €50 million (US$68.5 million) investment into the second Glennmont Fund.