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The German government is considering the possibility of imposing trade barriers on Chinese-imported solar modules and components to Europe, according to Reuters.

A SolarPower Europe report has found that the sector’s workforce grew from around 466,000 to over 648,000 jobs between 2021 and 2022.

SolarPower Europe has warned of the “deeply precarious” impacts of collapsing costs in the global solar sector.

With multiple European countries submitting their revised National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) in recent months, the European Union (EU) is targeting an extra 90GW of solar capacity by 2030.

SolarPower Europe and 19 renewable associations have published an open letter to the EU, calling for a more effective European power grid.

2022 saw the solar PV market enter a ‘new growth dimension’, where 239GW of solar capacity was added across the world representing two thirds of all new renewables capacity.

The European Commission plans ultimately to run an ‘expression of interest’ call for EU countries every year, which will result in a call for a cross-border tender if there is enough interest from member states and the proposals and desires of the participating countries line up.

With just 2GW of solar installed at the end of 2019, Poland has seen a meteoric rise towards becoming the third largest solar PV market in Europe in terms of installations.

The European Commission (EC) has announced the Net Zero Industry Act, addressing a number of technologies that can help achieve decarbonisation including solar PV.

The European Commission has proposed to reform the EU’s electricity market design in a move to accelerate the uptake of renewables.