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German chemical producer Wacker Chemie has recorded a significant decline in its earnings from polysilicon, due to the adverse market conditions in the solar sector.

The average price of a solar PPA signed in Europe in the second quarter of 2026 reached US$74.85/MWh, according to LevelTen Energy.

German solar energy research institute ISC Konstanz has appointed Dr Gerhard Mathiak as its head of its module department.

German solar and wind developer SoWiTec has announced insolvency due to excessive debt.

For the first month ever, solar PV has made up 25% of monthly electricity generation across the European Union in June 2026.

The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), has included the calibration of large-area perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells at its Calibration and Test Center (CalTeC).

German solar PV generation has continued to grow in the first half of 2026, reaching a new all-time high of 43.2TWh.

The delays caused by the decision-making process required to deploy C&I solar projects are a key obstacle to installing C&I projects.

Runergy has launched the third generation of its TOPCon solar modules, which have a conversion efficiency of 26.9%.

The German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, has awarded 482MW of solar-plus-storage in its latest innovation tender.