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Germany is on course to produce over 600,000 tonnes of solar PV waste material by 2030, potentially worth billions in aluminium and silver.

The German government has awarded contracts to 480MW worth of solar-plus-storage capacity in its latest public "innovation" tender.

SMA has opened a new Gigawatt Factory in Niestetal, Germany, expanding its manufacturing capacity for utility-scale energy technologies.

Zelestra has signed a PPA with German steel manufacturer Salzgitter Flachstahl for a new solar-plus-storage portfolio in Germany.

Over 90% of solar industry professionals report a growing project deployment pipeline in 2026, but new projects that are abandoned before completion now account for almost half of all project pipelines.

Hamburg-based solar PV construction firm Pvwerk has filed for reconstruction just days after its sister company, Enerparc, announced insolvency.

Solar installations grew slightly in Europe in the first half of 2026 compared to last year, according to new figures from SolarPower Europe.

Germany and the wider EU can use its research and development strengths to stay competitive in the global solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a group of industry and research bodies.

The Bundesnetzagentur has launched its third rooftop solar PV tender of the year, which aims to award 296.3MW of new rooftop solar capacity.

Fraunhofer ISE has developed what it described as 'industry-ready' semi-transparent PV modules with a conversion efficiency of up to 9.26%.