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The European Commission (EC) has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) Portuguese state aid scheme to support investments in the production of renewable energy equipment.

The aid will take the form of direct grants and will be open for companies producing solar panels and batteries among others.

The tender will seek ground-mounted solar PV projects and onshore wind capacity, though the Commission has yet to announce the tendered capacity.

EIT InnoEnergy has launched the European Solar Academy to help train 65,000 people to work in the European PV sector.

Earlier this month the agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, announced a plan to "put an end to the wild installation of ground-mounted photovoltaics" on land classified as agricultural land.

Juan Monge, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, says the EPBD timeline is plausible, although “the devil is in the detail”. 

The European Commission (EC) has published new recommendations to encourage the faster permitting and installation of new renewable projects.

The European Commission (EC) has announced its European Solar Charter, a package intended to support domestic European solar manufacturing.

The European Commission has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) Greek state aid measure to support two solar-plus-storage projects.

Swedish manufacturer Nordcell has revealed plans to build a 1.2GW module manufacturing plant in northern Sweden.