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European Energy has received grid connection approvals for around 500 MW of solar and wind energy projects across Romania. The total development pipeline for European Energy Romania now exceeds 1.5 GW of solar and wind projects.

Video: The solar markets for private customers have cooled down somewhat. Now quality providers of complete packages are prevailing. Installers receive all components from a single source – compatible and tailor-made. Bertrand Chevalley, COO of Solar Solutions, explains what advantages this offers.

After four years of soaring growth, the EU solar sector has hit its first deployment slowdown of the 2020s, dropping from 53% growth in 2023 to 4% in 2024. This represents a 92% slowdown of solar growth.

More and more companies are turning to large-scale photovoltaic rooftop installations. However, given the wide range of complex roof designs, solar developers and engineers need to consider a number of factors during the design and technical planning stages to avoid costly mistakes. The software provider PVcase provides intelligent solutions for this.

BloombergNEF (BNEF) has recognized Sungrow as the world's most bankable company in both the energy storage system and Power Conversion System (PCS) sectors, in its just-released Energy Storage System Cost Survey 2024.

Renewable hydrogen developer and independent producer DH2 Energy is developing four large-scale green hydrogen facilities in Spain's Extremadura region. The DH2 Energy initiatives under way in Extremadura represent a total investment of €2.25 billion.

Enstall, provider of mounting solutions and digital services for the solar sector, recently announced that Stijn Vos will transition to Chairman of the Supervisory Board, with Mehran Sedigh appointed as the new CEO. The change will take effect in March 2025.

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R.Power announced the signing of contracts for the general execution of a 23 MW photovoltaic farm portfolio. The projects will be built by the Polish company Nomad Electric and the Romanian company Waldervar.

Video: As the market constantly evolves, SOFAR focuses on innovation to meet the latest demands. The company’s solutions are futureproof and tailored to different markets' needs. What are the upcoming trends in the energy storage market and what to expect from SOFAR? Find out now with Allen Cao, Head of SOFAR Europe!

After ten years in the market the Chinese supplier of inverters is still holding the ground. The business is volatile, but that is no news in PV. The sales director for Eastern Europe talks about chances and pitfalls in turbulent times in the polish market.

The European PV market remained steady in November, with the PV Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) holding firm at 68, consistent with October. While buyer confidence remains robust, solar panel and inverter prices continued their downward trajectory across most categories, signaling a market grappling with seasonal adjustments and intensified competition, according to trading platform sun.store.

Jinko Solar has achieved the significant milestone of delivering 300 gigawatt (GW) of solar modules worldwide since 2011, the company having previously also been the first in the industry to reach milestones of 100 GW and 200 GW.

German-based ABO Energy has recently inaugurated and connected a 20-megawatt solar park in Hungary. The project, located near the city of Szarvas in the southeast of the country, is the largest project that ABO Energy has developed and built in Hungary to date. Sales are planned for the first half of 2025.

Urban PV aims to give the energy transition in cities a boost. The focus is on the utilisation of already sealed surfaces in urban areas.

The Dutch provider of solar solutions Autarco presents the first storage system under its own brand: It is a three-phase high-voltage battery with battery cells made of lithium iron phosphate.

Econergy UK, has signed a financing agreement for €28 million in project funding for the Iancu Jianu solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Romania. The project, which has an installed capacity of approximately 58 MW, is currently under construction and expected to be connected during 2025.

Video: Chint Power Systems presented its new large-scale inverter and also brought along a new inverter plus battery storage for the residential sector. Find out what innovations the devices feature!

Solar Materials were awarded the Gold European Solar Sustainability Award by SolarPower Europe for their efforts to make solar more circular, and recover more raw materials in the recycling process in Brussels.

Due to the lack of EU state aid approval, the special provisions of the solar package 1 for tenders for agri-PV systems have not yet been implemented in Germany. The data situation regarding the installed systems is also unclear.

Over Easy Solar, a Norwegian manufacturer of vertical bifacial PV modules, has entered into a European distribution partnership with the Dutch Sempergreen Group, a supplier of green roofs and green facades.

Denmark based Better Energy delivers close to 50 MW of solar capacity in Sweden in 2024 with the grid connection of its second solar park at Hovby Airport in Lidköping Municipality.

The mountains of old modules coming back from solar parks and roofs are slowly growing. The company Reiling has set up a competence centre for recycling in Münster. Managing Director Tom Reiling and Plant Manager Malte Fislake talk about the opportunities and the pitfalls - often underestimated.

The French building materials company ArcelorMittal Construction has won The smarter E AWARD 2024 for itsolution for heat-insulating standing seam sheet metal roof elements, commonly known as sandwich roof panels, that integrates high-performance photovoltaic (PV) modules.

With a nominal output of 40 MW, the Romanian CCE solar power plant Horia 1 was officially opened. It was funded by the EU. More PV projects of CEE in Romania are coming.