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Dubbed “MaNiTU”, the Fraunhofer project aimed to identify the most sustainable path for the market launch of tandem solar cells with perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells in the lead.
Germany’s rooftop solar tender ended up with a record 434MW of capacity bid, while France’s was undersubscribed.
In total, 540 projects were awarded capacity in a tender that ended up oversubscribed with more than 1.7GW capacity tendered and 643 bids.
European solar manufacturing boasts a low carbon footprint, and falling material requirements, says SolarPower Europe.
The EBRD has signed a memorandum of understanding with Romania to support the rollout of new renewable power auctions in the country.
The European Commission has launched a €3.4 billion call to support the development of “innovative decarbonisation technologies in Europe”.
The European Commission (EC) has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) Portuguese state aid scheme to support investments in the production of renewable energy equipment.
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), part of UK utility Octopus Energy, has completed the acquisition of a newly constructed 42MW solar farm near Dublin in Ireland.
Independent power producer (IPP) Aquila Clean Energy has connected 210MW of solar PV across five projects in Spain.
Victoria-based electricity distribution company Powercor has been granted a new transmission licence to connect large-scale solar PV, wind generation, and battery energy storage, in Australia’s southern state.
