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Firm raises €23m (US$25.67m) subordinated loan from Hansainvest Real Assets to support 85 solar installations, with plans to add new projects.

PV Tech’s José Rojo on navigating the Munich crowds of an industry fast approaching a new golden era that will change the rules of the solar game.

BayWa r.e. to build its first Germany-based solar PV system without subsidies in the far north of the country.

Industry continues last year’s trend as it reaps all awards at oversubscribed 210MW tender, with 18 bids contracted at an average €0.0566/kWh price.

Asia becomes major driver of 94GW PV addition worldwide, with other frontrunners including the US, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Egypt and Mexico.

Awarding of 505.2MW from collective bids of 869MW is a positive turn for sector but land restrictions will stifle deployment, says Germany’s BSW Solar.

The perovskite record breaker will buy a 200MW heterojunction line from Meyer Burger for the production of tandem solar cells at its German facility.

Latest funding adds Goldwind as a major backer of the UK perovskite firm.

Municipal utility group to deploy €13 million to boost renewable capacity after delivering 100MWp of ground-mounted PV across the country.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) has developed a bonding method for the interconnection of silicon solar cells for the industrial production of shingle modules.