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Solar investor NextEnergy Capital has made its first play into Portugal's solar market with the acquisition of a 17.4MWp project.

Utility and renewables developer Ignitis Group has marked its first day of trading on two separate stock exchanges, as it bids to target international renewables markets.

Italian headquartered FuturaSun has officially opened its second PV module assembly plant with a capacity of 500MW in collaboration with manufacturing partner, State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) in Taizhou, China.

Instances of negative power pricing more than doubled in Europe in the first nine months of this year, prompting concerns for generators across the continent.

Solar PV is to become Europe’s leading source of power within the next five years, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has said.

The transportation of green hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands will be explored thanks to a new memorandum of understanding signed between the countries.

A round-up of the latest news from Europe’s solar market, as Lightsource BP continues its Spanish charge and Iberdrola launches a grid R&D centre.

The new edition of PV Tech Power – PV Tech Power 24 – is now available to download from the PV Tech Store.

Both Vattenfall and Ørsted, two of Europe’s biggest renewables companies, will start next year with new bosses after the announcement of new chief executives this week.

Hungary’s first "city-owned smart grid project" will be powered by a 1.3MWp PV facility and supported by a 1.2MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system with a capacity of 2.4MWh.