Europe

Germany-based SolarWorld has claimed to be the first PV manufacturer to receive France’s 10% domestic content bonus in addition to the feed-in tariff (FiT).

The German Energy Storage Association (BVES) has experienced a growth in membership in recent weeks demonstrating an increased interest in energy storage, the organisation claims.

The European Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation against Chinese manufacturers of solar glass following a complaint filed last month.

TGC Renewables, an independent renewable energy project developer, is seeking planning permission for its proposed 13MW solar park in Cambridgeshire, UK.

Edwards Group, a manufacturer of solar cells, has promoted Jim Gentilcore to Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1 March 2013.

Austrian PV project developer Activ Solar has commissioned its 29.3MW Voznesensk Solar Power Station located in the Mykolaiv region in Ukraine.

A significant reduction in new PV capacity in Germany has been forecasted by EuPD Research for 2013.

A 145MW solar project located in Neuhardenberg, Germany, and owned by a number of unnamed financial institutions and investors has been completed and is set to connect to the grid on 8 March, 2013.

PV module and wafer manufacturer ReneSola has announced that, since November 2011, over 100MW of its PV modules have been distributed, installed and connected to the grid in Greece.

The Spanish government has published retroactive feed-in tariffs for projects installed between 2009 and 2011.