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After a sharp decline in 2023, PV manufacturing capital expenditure is set to bounce back this year, and not just in China, writes Moustafa Ramadan.

The PPC Group has completed construction of a 2.13GW solar PV portfolio in Greece, which it described as the "largest" cluster in Europe.

The German Federal Network Agency has awarded 155MW of rooftop solar of 283MW of available capacity in its latest tender.

Dutch research institute TNO has developed what it said is the world’s first solar roof tile based on perovskite technology.

Danish independent power producer (IPP) European Energy has divested a 470MW hybrid project in Lithuania to Israel-based IPP Energix.

Solar power has saved the EU over €110 million (US$127.5 million) a day since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, according to SolarPower Europe.

Four giant solar ‘wings’ will provide power for the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years, due to launch later today.

The conflict in the Middle East could drive European solar PPA prices up by as much as 35%, according to Pexapark.

Qair has secured PLN350 million (US$94 million) in funding to build renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 203 MW in Poland. 

The German Federal Network Agency has launched an innovation tender, and aims to award 475MW of new solar PV capacity by May.