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French power giant Total has signed an agreement with the controlling shareholders of another France-based power firm Direct Energie to acquire a 74.33% stake in the company for roughly €1.4 billion.

Inverter shipments in Europe suggest the continent is braced for another strong period of growth in 2018.

All 200MW of Germany’s latest wind and solar tender has been awarded to PV projects.

BayWa r.e. and Statkraft sign 15-year contract for 1500V project near Seville.

Technical advisory and asset management firm Greensolver has more than doubled its portfolio with the acquisition of UK asset manager ENTAP.

Solar Media, the publisher of PV Tech, is delighted to announce that next year’s Large Scale Solar Europe event will be held in Portugal in partnership with the country’s secretary of state of energy.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to maintain “broad energy co-operation” with the European Union (EU) post-Brexit.

Vattenfall has announced plans to invest up to €100 million in developing solar plants over the next two years.

The economics of solar-and-storage in the UK are being proven, according to Anesco, the developer of one such project.

China-based integrated PV module manufacturer Wuxi Suntech Power Co said it had started supplying high-performance multicrystalline half-cut cell modules to European customers, offering power classes of 295/290W.