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Europe’s solar sector exceeded 800,000 full-time equivalent jobs for the first time in 2023, following record-breaking installation figures.

BayWa has published its financial results for the first half of the year, which include total revenues of €10.7 billion (US$11.9 billion).

Meyer Burger has published its preliminary results for H1 2024, which include module sales of CHF43.4 million (US$51.5 million).

Reducing volatility impacts, managing cannibalisation and investing in grids will help solar energy cement its role in global energy systems.

SMA Solar has announced plans to conduct a 'company-wide restructuring' due to the impacts of what it calls a 'volatile' market environment.

Last week, Better Energy postponed the deployment of a 3GW solar PV portfolio in Denmark, blaming “lagging” demand for renewable power.

Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar has inked a 1GW solar PV module distribution agreement with Australia’s One Stop Warehouse (OSW), covering the European, US and Asia-Pacific markets.

Axpo has started operations at the largest rooftop solar project in France, an industrial facility with a power generation capacity of 12.8MW.

Solar Steel has signed a deal to supply Spanish firm Global Energy Services (GES) with 50MW of its 1P trackers.

BNZ has secured a €166 million (US$185.4 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for 700MW of new solar capacity in Europe.