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BNZ has secured a €166 million (US$185.4 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for 700MW of new solar capacity in Europe.

Consisting of eight utility-scale PV projects, which will be located in the central and northern Italian regions of Lazio and Emilia Romagna.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and the ban of PV on farmland are causing headaches.

Enfinity Global is currently building 416MW of capacity in Italy across 17 projects, which have secured long-term power purchase agreements.

Italy has adopted the new FER 2 decree, which will provide tariffs for a number of renewable power technologies, including floating solar.

Israel-headquartered solar inverter supplier SolarEdge has reported a quarterly decline in shipments in the second quarter of 2024 with 873MW.

Verbund has acquired a 110MV solar portfolio in Lazio, central Italy, from Ke-Reninvestment, a subsidiary of Turkish investor Kinesis Enerji.

Greek energy company DEPA Commercial and solar developer Recurrent Energy both secured loans from the bank this week.

The power purchase agreement consists of a portfolio of six solar PV projects located in the Italian regions of Lazio and Emilia Romagna.

A round-up of the latest solar project news, as Lightsource bp commissions its first PV project in Poland, Soltec receives EIA on a 220MW solar portfolio in Italy and Iberdrola completes two plants in Portugal.