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1Komma5 Acquires Zewo Energy to Expand Renewable Reach
1Komma5 bolsters its solar dominance with the acquisition of Zewo Energy, amplifying its renewable solutions and embracing profitability in Germany's thriving clean tech landscape.
Oct 23, 2024 // Storage, 1Komma5
Solar modules readied to gain from reduced VAT rates in EU
Solar modules marketed in the European Union (EU) could be subject to lower value included tax (VAT) rates after an agreement was reached this week by finance ministers from throughout the bloc.
Dec 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, SolarPower Europe, European Union, legislation, tax, european council
Statkraft Seals Subsidy-Light German Solar Deal With WSW
Statkraft inks 2026–28 PPA: 18.2 GWh/year Bavarian solar to WSW for Wuppertal industry—Bayer included—market-based, subsidy-free, de-risked assets signal Germany’s maturing merchant solar and utility-led aggregation.
Mar 5, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, PPA, Europe, Statkraft, industrial power
Bavaria’s Green Flexibility breaks ground on 80-MWh grid-neutral battery project
Green Flexibility has started building a 40-MW/80-MWh “grid-neutral” battery in Bavaria to optimize connection capacity and firm daytime solar.
Sep 12, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Flexibility, Bavaria
Global Shipments of Longi's Hi-MO 5 Modules Exceed 50 GW
The producer likewise stated that the cumulative shipments currently coming close to 100 million panels. Based on gallium-doped, half-cell, crackless smart soldering modern technology, Hi-MO 5 modules have actually received wide market recognition, consisting of awards.
Dec 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Solar Panels, LONGi, Intersolar, solar module, tuv rheinland, All Quality Matters, crackless smart soldering technology, Hi-MO 5 solar module
New project by Dutch-German consortium to create simplified tandem solar modules for European market
TNO, in cooperation with Dutch and German commercial companions, is advancing a perovskite/silicon tandem solar module suitable for very early market introduction.
Mar 22, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, perovskite, silicon, solar module, TNO, Maarten Ribbens
Enel Colombia Secures $300M EIB Loan for Renewables
Enel Colombia secures $300M loan to boost solar power and grid resilience, powering e-mobility and supporting local breweries. A solar revolution begins!
Oct 11, 2024 // Grids, enel colombia
Germany Powers Ahead: 1.4 GW Solar Surge in July
Germany's solar surge: 1,408 MW added in July, surpassing halfway to 2025 goals, driven by reforms and community benefits, with Bavaria leading the charge.
Aug 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe
USITC suggests extension of Section 201 tariffs on solar cells, modules
The US International Trade Commission has actually suggested that the Section 201 protect tariffs on solar cells and also modules be expanded.
Nov 25, 2021 // Tariffs, USA, SEIA, China, Asia, North America, Joe Biden, policy, section 201, trade tariffs, regulation
What are Solar modules?
See photovoltaic (PV) module.     ← Back to Solar Energy Glossary
Sep 13, 2023
Germany to remove tax hurdles to rooftop solar expansion
The German federal government on Wednesday approved a draft regulation to remove tax as well as bureaucratic hurdles to the setup of small solar systems on domestic and commercial properties in a further effort to promote the expansion of renewable energy.
Sep 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe
PV modules by JinkoSolar installed on 40-megawatt Netherlands-based Almelo project
JinkoSolar, a SMSL pioneer, has provided Danish PV developer Obton with 40 megawatts of superefficient Cheetah HC 60 photovoltaic panels for its newly finished Netherlands-based venture.
Dec 5, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, pv modules, Europe, JinkoSolar, Netherlands, obton
Solar brushes up the board once more in German renewables public auction
Not one wind power project was submitted to the German network authority for the April round of a nationwide tidy power purchase program. Virtually 204 MW of solar generation ability was assigned throughout 30 solar projects with a typical last electrical power rate of EUR0.053/ kWh.
May 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, auction
LONGi provides bifacial modules for 101MW project near Chile's Atacama solar hotspot
LONGi has finished distribution of 101MW of bifacial panels to a utility-scale solar array stepping forward in Chile's Antofagasta region.
Oct 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, atacama desert, LONGi, Naturgy, bifacial solar, Dennis She, antofogasta, global power generation
Reverse-bias IEC examination passed for the first time in published perovskite cells and also modules
One of the key obstacles of perovskite photovoltaics (PV) is the long-lasting security. Although efforts have actually been made to enhance the life time of perovskite PV gadgets, their deterioration under applied adverse voltage (reverse-bias) has been barely resolved.
Oct 28, 2021 // Technology, NREL, solar cells, perovskite, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Solaronix SA, Materials Research Center of the University of Freiburg