SolarPower Europe

SolarPower Europe has actually gotten in touch with the EU to increase its renewable energy target to 45% by 2030, which it claimed would result in an extra 210GW of solar capacity mounted as well as placed the continent on a solid trajectory to get to climate neutrality by 2050.

Europe's leaders have actually gotten in touch with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to check out just how to quicken investments in the power change to minimize the danger of future power price crises.

In spite of the ongoing effect of COVID-19, a massive 138.2 GW of solar was set up in 2020, representing an 18% boost compared to 2019, locates a new report by SolarPower Europe. The study additionally found that the global collective solar capability reached 773.2 GW, surpassing 3 quarters of a terawatt for the first time ever, in 2020.

EDP, Iberdrola and BayWa r.e. are among the signatories of a new charter that gets in touch with Europe to "accelerate and also enormously deploy" extra renewables capacity to support the continent's eco-friendly hydrogen ambitions.

A European Commission-backed project has been released to scale up Europe's PV production sector and also record the continent's "growing need" for solar equipment.

French solar designers, financiers and utilities have claimed government strategies to cut subsidies for PV project owners would certainly cause an "economic disaster" that might threaten the nation's power shift.

BayWa r.e., Enel Green Power as well as Solarcentury are among the 20 individuals in a new European Union-funded project that intends to boost the efficiency as well as integrity of solar PV components and also systems.

Europe's residential battery power storage systems (BESS) market is anticipated to proceed its higher trajectory in the coming years after 745MWh of additional capability was set up in 2019, standing for a 57% rise year-on-year.

EU member states' National Energy as well as Climate Plans (NECPs) confirm the intense future for solar in Europe, with 209 GW of solar PV capacity set to be included by 2030, or 19 GW annually, SolarPower Europe stated on September 29, noting that solar will continue to be the most-installed energy generation technology in Europe between 2020 as well as 2030, along with wind power.

A proposal for a pan-European solar roof programme has been taken on by the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research as well as Energy.

SolarPower Europe and also LUT University have actually introduced a brand-new record that designs a 100% renewables situation for Europe to get to environment nonpartisanship prior to 2050.

2019 was the strongest growth year for solar in Europe since 2010, with more new solar capacity added this year than any other power generation technology.

The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) is continuing to step up its efforts to ensure the quality of large scale solar projects. The body is now looking for stakeholder input into its new best practice guidelines for PV power plant projects, as a part of its ongoing Quality Taskforce initiative.

Walburga Hemetsberger joined SolarPower Europe as its new CEO around six months ago. It’s been a busy time, with the European elections and attempts to implement net zero emissions strategies that have kept Brussels hustling and bustling. At the same time, Europe’s solar industry association has been trying to push its industrial policy and rooftop campaign. Hemetsberger sat down with pv magazine for an update.