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The developing post-subsidy solar market in Europe has taken another step forward with the news that UK-based investor Octopus has extended five power purchase agreements in Italy with renewable energy trader EGO Group.

Oil major Shell has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 70.5MW portfolio of unsubsidised solar projects in Italy.

Inverter manufacturer GoodWe has reorganised its operations in Europe with an independent German subsidiary established in Munich.

Independent solar power producer Sonnedix has signed off on a non-recourse debt refinancing of a portfolio of 23 PV plants in Italy with a total installed capacity of 47.3MW.

Terra Firma is selling the 334MW Italian solar platform RTR for €1.3 billion (US$1.5 billion) to F2i.

The International Solar Energy Research Center Konstanz e.V. (ISC Konstanz) has signed a technology transfer agreement with PV module assembly equipment supplier based in Finland for R&D centre’s advanced ‘BiSoN’ (Bifacial Solar cell On N-type) and ZEBRA (diffused n-type IBC) solar cell technology.

Technical advisory and asset management firm Greensolver has more than doubled its portfolio with the acquisition of UK asset manager ENTAP.

Solar Ventures, an Italian PV company, is resuming operations and investments within its home sector — with the company planning to develop a portfolio of 1GW of solar power plants in Italy and Spain within the next five years.

Independent power producer Sonnedix has acquired 11 PV plants in Italy totalling 6.75MW, taking the firm’s portfolio in the country up to 114MW of operating PV generation capacity.

Italian inverter manufacturer Elettronica Santerno has signed off on a US$6 million contract that will see the company provide 100MW of its central inverters to Chile.