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A leading German solar distributor has predicted “crazy” ongoing pricing pressures in Europe as the PV industry continues to face huge product oversupply and competition prompted by the easing of the recent energy crisis in Europe.

Soltec has published its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, which include revenues of €121 million (US$130 million).

Fraunhofer ISE has launched a project to improve tracking algorithms, using a digital twin to calculate optimised control approaches.

Global solar installations increased by 87% year-on-year in 2023 as China continued to dominate growth, according to SolarPower Europe.

Germany installed more than 5GW of new solar capacity in the first four months of this year, according to trade association BSW Solar.

German quality assurance and testing centre TÜV Rheinlandwill present a traceability testing service for modules at Intersolar Europe 2024.

The UK and the Ireland I-SEM are also top markets for renewables and battery energy storage systems (BESS) co-location in Europe.

The Sun Investment Group (SIG) has secured a debt facility to support its development of 1.97GW of new solar capacity in Poland.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with SNCF Energie for a 139MW solar PV plant in central France.