netherlands

PowerField has completed construction of seven solar PV projects in the Netherlands with a combined capacity of 170MW.

The Dutch government has decided to discontinue the funding of SolarNL, a domestic solar manufacturing programme.

Norwegian energy company Statkraft has sold its Netherlands solar portfolio of 120MWp to Dutch renewable energy supplier Greenchoice.

Eternal Sun has acquired German solar simulator provider Wavelabs, which has resulted in the formation of a new subsidy, Wavelabs Eternal Sun.

Technique Solaire has raised €302 million (US$343 million) in senior debt financing to build its European PV portfolio.

Belectric is set to build what it says will be both the largest PV project in the Netherlands and that the company has built in Europe.

The decision has been forecast for some months and was welcomed today by Holland Solar, the Dutch solar association, which acknowledged that the current scheme is “no longer sustainable”.

MCPV has raised €4.2 million (US$4.6 million) to support the development of its 4GW heterojunction (HJT) cell factory in the Netherlands.

JP Casey reports on recent developments in Western Europe, where past and future elections are creating waves.

Floating PV's carbon footprint could be around seven times lower than ground-mounted solar systems, according to a TNO-IEA report.