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Solar industry hails changes to motion that would have halted new PV projects on farming and natural land until impacts were fully understood.

Dronten municipality finds no objections to 125MW two-plant complex on reclaimed island, to be developed by Solarfields and IB Vogt.

German firm Pfalzsolar has been awarded a contract to build a 21.5MW solar park at the site of a nuclear power station in the province of Zeeland.

BayWa r.e. divests 30.8MW Emmen project to asset manager, EBRD and GCF back 30MW project, Engie divests in Germany and the Netherlands.

Government minister notes solar’s ‘striking’ dominance as industry reaps €3.2bn of €6bn round and applies for €2.9bn of further €5bn to be awarded.

Land prices and other factors will slow but not stop the transition of PV market that has learned to adapt to densely populated reality, says Holland Solar board member.

Dutch renewable energy developer GroenLeven is set to develop the largest floating PV project in Europe, a 48MW installation that will be installed at an area in the Netherlands owned by Kremer Zand and Grind that is used as a sand extraction site.

Commercial-scale PV at US cannabis farm hailed as world first, new PPA for Ranger Power’s Wisconsin plant, Navisun’s new community projects.

Solar EPC contractor Biosar Energy has installed 27MW of Suntech’s PV modules at the Moerdijk Solar Park, one of the largest PV projects ever developed within the Netherlands. In total, 76,000 of Suntech’s high efficiency, monocrystalline, half-cell solar modules were delivered at the site.

Germany-based EPC firm, PFALZSOLAR is building a 34MWp project for non-commercial waste management firm HVC Group in the Dutch province of Flevoland, its largest project to date in the country.