commercial and industrial

Italy has installed more than 2.3GW of solar PV in the first half of 2023, according to the latest figures from industry association Italia Solare.

PV Tech met with the CEO of storage company OPESS Energy, Jiang Wenjie, during last month’s Smarter E Europe exhibition in Munich to learn more about the company, its products and future objectives.

PV Tech caught up with Aiko Solar at Intersolar Europe 2023 to speak about it aim to target the residential and C&I European markets with its All Back Contact (ABC) products.

The modules are based on 3Sun's CORE-H technology and will be commercially available in 2024. They are produced at the Enel Green Power subsidiary's factory in Catania, Italy.

French startup Holosolis, founded by innovation group EIT InnoEnergy, has planned to build a 5GW solar module assembly plant in France.

US renewables developer Pivot Energy has closed a US$203 million financing facility to fund 100MW of distributed solar PV projects across numerous states.

Solitek targets the agriPV and industrial markets in Italy to set itself aside from Chinese manufacturers with its bifacial glass-to-glass modules.

French independent power producer Girasole Energies has raised €96 million (US$103 million) to support and accelerate its growth in France.

The Commercial and Industrial (C&I) renewables market in India is expected to grow by 47GW over the next five years, as policy tailwinds and decarbonisation targets spur growth.

Indian independent power producer Hero Future Energies has planned to invest INR30,000 crore (US$3.6 billion) in renewables in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.