Europe

German polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie recorded declining sales and earnings from its polysilicon sector in Q1 2026, primarily due to poor performance in its solar-grade polysilicon business.

CIP has acquired Orsted’s European onshore portfolio with 826MW of operational and under-construction capacity. 

French solar module recycling company ROSI has announced plans to open a new facility in Spain.

The ESMC has outlined five key amendments to the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) to accelerate domestic cleantech deployment.

Pantheon Atlas will build a €50 billion (US$58.5 billion) AI data centre in Croatia, to be powered by a 500MW solar-plus-storage facility.

PV Talk: Ember's Nicolas Fulghum says that the latest global solar deployment figures reflect 'structural changes in the power system'.

Prospective solar wafer manufacturer Sunwafe has appointed a new CEO and secured permits for a 30-hectare site in northern Spain, in efforts to establish Europe’s “first” large-scale, 20GW silicon ingot and wafer production facility.

UK-based IPP Enviromena has signed a £825 million (US$1.1 billion) financing package to support its 1GW solar PV portfolio in the UK.

Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have developed coloured films for solar PV modules that can imitate roof tiles or building facades.

Reforms to the UK’s grid connection process for renewable energy projects are underway, aimed at easing the logjam of applications.