Europe

Renewable energy will need policy support to reach “economically optimal” levels for the global energy transition, according to BloomberNEF.

The world reached 2.2TW of cumulative installed solar capacity in 2024, with China alone accounting for 1TW of total operating capacity.

Struggling solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has postponed its annual report by the end of May 2025 as it published preliminary losses for 2024.

British perovskite solar company Oxford PV and Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar have entered into a patent licensing agreement for perovskite-based PV technologies.

Germany's proposal to allow international carbon credits to reach EU decarbonisation targets “risks undermining the target’s credibility”, according to think tank Agora.

Concerns over the performance of TOPCon solar cells following UV exposure may be exaggerated, according to research by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

Swedish thin-film solar cell company Midsummer has been awarded €2.8 million to research tandem perovskite cell technology.

German energy company RWE and Greek renewables developer PPC Renewables will build 567MWp of solar PV capacity in Northern Greece.

The Schletter Group will launch a new plant design tool for use in the rooftop sector this month, dubbed Schletter Creator.

Industry leaders from across Europe will gather at the Renewable Procurement & Revenues Summit 2025 this May.