Europe

Iberdrola has signed a power purchase agreement with fast food chain Burger King to supply power from part of a 553MW solar PV plant. 

German renewables company BayWa r.e has sold a 95MW solar PV plant in Spain to independent power producer Encavis Asset Management.

Europe imported around 33GW of solar PV modules from China in the first four months of 2024, representing 43% of total Chinese module exports, according to US energy analyst Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Simon Yuen takes a close look at Soltec’s floating solar tracker, which the company says is based on naval design principles.

The PPA will allow GKN Automotive to source power from Recurrent Energy's Rey I solar PV project located in Seville, Spain.

The US generated 236.12TWh of power last year, while in Germany over 12% of power was produced by solar, the highest among all G7 countries.

Spain has passed a regulation regarding the installation of floating solar PV (FPV) on reservoirs in the country.

German engineering firm Belectric has secured a contract to build a 135MWp solar PV project in Denmark, expected to be operational in 2025.

Passing legislation about agriPV would kickstart the development of such projects in Greece and keep workforce in villages.