Europe

Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar has inked a 1GW solar PV module distribution agreement with Australia’s One Stop Warehouse (OSW), covering the European, US and Asia-Pacific markets.

Located in the central region of Lazio, Italy, the solar PV project is targeted to be constructed by 2026.

Teams from Enertis Applus+ and the University of the Basque Country report on a new methodology to improve bifacial performance assessments.

Axpo has started operations at the largest rooftop solar project in France, an industrial facility with a power generation capacity of 12.8MW.

UK-based investment group Foresight Solar Fund has confirmed that it will sell its Australia portfolio, consisting of 170MW of operational solar PV and 122MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Swiss-owned PV manufacturer Meyer Burger has appointed Franz Richter as its new CEO, less than a week after Gunter Erfurt stepped down .

Fraunhofer ISE has launched a new project to research manufacturing processes for use in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).

Under the agreement, Photowatt would be integrated into Carbon’s solar PV manufacturing project in France.

Sonnedix has acquired an 80MW solar PV plant in Sicily, Italy, from Blunova, which is part of a wider agreement to acquire a 250MW portfolio.

Solar Steel has signed a deal to supply Spanish firm Global Energy Services (GES) with 50MW of its 1P trackers.