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Germany’s auction for solar installations on buildings and noise barriers has awarded contracts to 88 bids with a cumulative capacity of 191MW.

France has submitted its updated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) with an increased target for solar PV of up to 60GW by 2030.

Hamburg-based energy startup 1Komma5° has planned to set up a 5GW tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) module assembly plant in Germany.

Germany’s latest innovation auction has awarded 32 solar-plus-storage projects with a cumulative capacity of 408MW.

The German government is considering the possibility of imposing trade barriers on Chinese-imported solar modules and components to Europe, according to Reuters.

Vattenfall has started construction at its 79MW Tützpatz agrivoltaic project, which will be Germany's largest agrivoltaic project.

German independent power producer Encavis has signed a framework agreement with German PV developer Innovar Solar to build 160MW of solar PV in Germany.

Bulgarian-headquartered solar engineering company SUNOTEC has begun construction on a 1.1GW portfolio of projects across Germany.

Three German solar PV companies have partnered to invest €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) to build a vertically integrated manufacturing capacity.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has unveiled its intention to build a fifth US manufacturing facility, adding 3.5GW annual capacity in 2026.