The European research organizations ETIP EUREC along with the PV industry association Solarunited have issued an open letter – – Open Letter from European PV Community – in which they request urgent measures for the future of the European solar manufacturers. The letter......[More]

The president of the Togolese Republic, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, has launched the program “CI-ZO”, a rural electrification initiative aimed at bringing solar energy to two million people in the country’s remote areas with no connection to the power system by 2022. If......[More]

Recom Italia, the Italian unit of Germany-based solar manufacturer Recom, was chosen as preferred bidder for the acquisition of French module producer Sillia VL, which filed for insolvency in early March. The announced was given in a statement of the Tribunal of Commerc......[More]

The German grid regulator Bundesnetzagentur has reported that 32 project proposals with a combined capacity of 201 MW were selected in the latest auction for PV projects ranging in size from 750 kW to 10 MW. The highest bid was €0.059/kWh, while the average final price ......[More]

Donald Trump""s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, thinks natural gas, wind solar are the future of energy in America. But he""s getting attacked for doubting the future of coal. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One last week, Cohn expressed skepticism about reviving th......[More]

On Friday, May 26, on what was expected to be one of the hottest days of the year, solar panels in the UK generated a record amount of power, enough to meet almost 25 percent of dem. This is according to data compiled by National Grid Plc Sheffield University. At noon L......[More]