Europe

The high cost of capital and growing community opposition to projects will be pressing challenges for the European solar industry in 2025.

The portfolio comprises 780MWp of solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets at “various stages of development.”

The German Federal Network Agency's provisional figures for 2024 include the addition of 16.2GW of new solar capacity.

Share prices for inverter manufacturer SolarEdge have risen since the start of the week following news the company is cutting 400 jobs, its fourth layoff in the past year.

Dutch-based rooftop solar mounting solutions provider Enstall has completed the acquisition of PV mounting systems firm Schletter.

The deployment of grid infrastructure and energy storage is a key element to avoid delaying global energy transition, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

PV module prices dropped in Europe in December 2024, while the European PV sector remains optimistic about the industry’s long-term growth.

Renalfa has acquired a 258MW solar project in Teleorman, Romania, which it expects to start commercial operation in 2027.

Maxeon opened the case in June 2023. The case concerns shingled solar cell technology patents used in Maxeon’s Performance line modules

The plant, located in the Murcia region of Spain, is one of Europe’s “largest” operational solar PV installations.