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German engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Belectric has begun construction on a 114MW solar project in Mecklenburg, in northeastern Germany.

The German Bundesnetzagentur has published the results of a renewables auction, which saw tenders granted for 264MW of rooftop solar capacity.

Solar PV capacity was the most awarded renewables through government tenders last year, accounting for 44% of the total volume with 61GW.

German renewable energy company EnBW has broken ground on an 80MW solar PV project, the largest to date in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

German independent power producer Encavis Asset Management has started construction on a 260MW solar PV plant in Germany and acquired a 139MW Spanish PV portfolio.

German rooftop solar installer Enpal has started steps to set up its own solar module production in Germany.

Meyer Burger has called an emergency general meeting to approve final funding for its Colorado and Arizona manufacturing plants.

German solar testing house Fraunhofer ISE opened its new technology evaluation centre (Module-TEC) in a former Solar Fabrik factory in Freiburg, Germany this week.

Enerparc has secured bridge financing for a 325MW solar portfolio in Germany, which will include co-located battery storage projects.

EU's solar power generation is expected to increase by 50TWh this year thanks to increased capacity installations, according to Rystad Energy.