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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.

An investment shortfall and government inaction are stymying the growth of green hydrogen globally, potentially creating a shortfall by 2030.

Europe’s fleet of solar arrays generated 68TWh of power in the first six months of 2020, a 15% increase on last year’s figure as new, larger solar farms came to the fore.

BayWa r.e. expects to conclude the majority of a 1GW+ pipeline of solar sales towards the end of this year after it highlighted the role solar played in its H1 2020 results.