ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has joined the Solliance (ECN, imec, TNO, Holst Centre, TU/e, Forschungszentrum Jülich) R&D alliance that is focused on organic photovoltaics (OPV) thin film technologies.
The regional governments of Extremadura and Galicia have filed a complaint against the Spanish government’s subsidies moratorium with the highest judicial body in Spain, the Constitutional Court.
The Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament has criticised the European Commission (EC) for moving too slowly to reach a decision on Chinese solar imports.
Germany PV developer S.A.G. Solarstrom has sold four PV systems to an unnamed German institutional investor. The systems, which were installed in Germany this year, have a total capacity of 15.1MWp.
Ukraine’s parliament has approved the second draft Green Energy Bill, paving the way for a 27% reduction in solar feed-in tariffs in the country from 2013.
The Romanian National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has suggested the number of green certificates awarded to investments in PV and biomass should be cut.
Solar accounted for 1.3% of electricity demand in 2011 across the European territories covered by umbrella grid operator body ENTSO-E, figures published by the organisation reveal.
German development bank KfW has signed off a €100 million loan to Morocco’s solar energy agency MASEN to build a CSP plant in the south-central area of the country.
