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Cube Green Energy, a subsidiary of US investment manager I Squared Capital, has acquired German agrivoltaics (agriPV) developer SUNfarming.

The German solar trade association (BSW) has criticised government proposals to amend its Energy Industry Act.

Oil and gas major bp has officially acquired solar PV developer Lightsource bp, securing the remaining 50.03% interest in the company.

The EIB has backed a solar plant in Croatia, Sonnedix advanced a project in Poland and Sunrock will build rooftop installations in Germany.

Jinko Solar and Sungrow aim to go public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany, which has attracted widespread attention.

As has been the case in many of Germany’s recent solar PV auctions, the innovation tender ended up oversubscribed with 1.8GW of capacity.

According to BayWa's Tomaso Charlemont, optimising the performance of solar PV projects will encourage the growth of 'value-added EPC' work.

PV Talk: BayWa r.e.’s Tomaso Charlemont tells JP Casey why revamping and repowering PV power plants is emerging as a separate discipline within the PV industry and one poised for explosive growth.

Zelestra has acquired a majority stake in German independent power producer (IPP) East Energy GmbH from CropEnergies.

BayWa has published its financial results for the first half of the year, which include total revenues of €10.7 billion (US$11.9 billion).