Europe

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.

Uncertainty surrounding the switch to the CfDs (Contracts for Difference) support scheme for large-scale solar in the UK will make it difficult for smaller companies and new market entrants to compete there, according to speakers at the Doing Solar Business in the UK conference in Munich.

Renewable energy lobbyist, the Europe-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA), has hailed moves by the European Commission to speed up renewables deployment and reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russian gas.

The deployment of solar storage units in German is set to boom over the next few years in what has been hailed a “quiet revolution” for the PV industry.

Five years of predicted global growth in PV installations will offset Europe's decline as the world’s once-leading solar region, according to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association.

Solar analyst Bridge to India’s managing director, Tobias Engelmeier, has warned anti-dumping duties will halt India’s solar industry for up to two years.