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The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) has adopted a new set of binding targets and reporting requirements for its PV manufacturing members.

Sunotec has launched Sunotec Nordic to spearhead solar and hybrid renewable project development across the Nordic region.

Two of the major European solar trade associations, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) and SolarPower Europe (SPE), have called for EU policymakers to take measures supporting European solar manufacturing.

The PEARL Consortium has developed perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes with a conversion efficiency of 21.6%.

The EBRD has launched a new programme to improve access to green financing and support energy investments such as renewable power projects.

A project claimed to be Germany’s largest agriPV plant has been commissioned in the north-east of the country.

The average price of solar modules sold in Europe fell marginally between July and August, while buyers’ confidence remained steady.

France has awarded 971MW of ground-mount solar capacity, to 165 projects, in the eighth round of the PPE2 PV tender.

Scientists from Germany and Saudi Arabia have discovered that perovskite thin-film cells are compatible with current industry standard silicon solar cells, which they claim is a “crucial step toward the industrialisation of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells”.

Fraunhofer ISE has completed testing work of grid-forming inverters currently available in the energy industry.