Anti-pandemic shutdown measures will help reach target-complying 40-45% emission cuts this year but a failure to invest in green growth may make progress temporary, country told.
Group notes outbreak could see construction contracts postponed but insists it can reach 1GW-by-2020 installed capacity target, amid PV work in Brazil, Portugal, France and others.
Solar reps of Europe’s largest market call for deadline extensions amid fears that component delays and staff shortages could see projects lose right to subsidies.
Bilateral revolving credit facility of €55m from Intesa Sanpaolo will fund construction of 12 PV projects in Sicily, Apulia and Lazio, reportedly among country's first subsidy-free projects.
German energy firm EnBW is set to build a 187MW solar power plant northeast of Berlin in Werneuchen, Brandenburg that is planned to operate for 40 years.
Full-year 2019 financial results show PV equipment supplier is evaluating the feasibility of becoming a volume producer of HJ solar cells and modules in Europe, notably in Germany.
Plans by e-commerce giant Amazon to sponsor new solar farms in Aragón (50MW), Virginia (65MW) and New South Wales (60MW) come as it becomes an off-taker of Canadian Solar’s separate 146MWp scheme.
Mixed reaction greets move by Boris Johnson's government to sidestep renewables even as it pledges investment in EV infrastructure, carbon capture and storage and nuclear fusion.
German giant to invest €5bn to deploy major new fleet of PV and wind by 2022, following its success in 2019 doubling net income to €1.2bn and adding E.ON’s renewable assets.
German capital's newly-approved blueprint says 25% of power demand could be covered by rooftop solar and calls for improvements on federal legislation for urban solar.
