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Sonnedix Secures €2 Billion for European Renewable Expansion
pipeline of nearly 7 GW across multiple countries, including Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the US, and the UK. How will
Jul 24, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Poland, Sonnedix, Europe
SMA Solar Suffers Loss Amid Weak Home And Business Demand
Germany’s SMA Solar Technology has reported a first-half net loss of €42.4 million, reversing a €44.1 million profit a year earlier as residential and commercial rooftop demand faltered and the company booked heavy inventory write-offs. Revenue fell nine percent to €684.9 million, with the Home & Business Solutions division plunging more than 48 percent year-on-year to €116 million.  Chief executive Jürgen Reinert blamed a “perfect storm” of soft German installation figures, aggressive price competition from Asian rivals and distributors saddled with excess stock that is clearing “painfully slowly.” The downturn forced SMA to recognise about €50 million in inventory impairments and purchase-contract provisions, plus €7.5 million in doubtful-receivables charges, pushing earnings before interest and tax to a negative €19 million. CFO Kaveh Rouhi said management is weighing further cost-optimisation steps if home-segment conditions deteriorate, but stressed that SMA’s utility-scale Large Scale & Project Solutions arm remains a bright spot, with sales rising to €568.8 million on robust orders from the Middle East and North America. Total order backlog stood at €1.16 billion on 30 June, down 14 percent year-on-year yet still covering roughly three-quarters of the firm’s revised 2025 revenue guidance. That guidance, trimmed in May and now reiterated, calls for full-year turnover of €1.5 billion–€1.55 billion and EBITDA of €70 million–€80 million. Reinert cautioned, however, that volatility around EU customs policy and the recently enacted U.S. OBBB tax act could weigh on second-half orders. SMA’s share price has halved since January amid broader inverter-sector malaise, but analysts note the company’s strong balance sheet—bolstered by last year’s €80 million EBITDA—and its early move into battery and hybrid inverters position it to rebound once household demand normalises. Management said the focus for the remainder of 2025 will be tightening working-capital loops, scaling its new 5-GW assembly line in Niestetal and accelerating product launches aimed at commercial self-consumption markets, where payback periods remain attractive despite falling feed-in tariffs.
Aug 7, 2025 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Germany, Europe, inverter, SMA
ib vogt Starts 99-MWp Solar Park, Energising Southern Philippines Industry
regional vehicle with peso-denominated debt provided by BDO Unibank and Germany’s DEG. The lenders highlighted the project’s strong environmental
Aug 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, ib vogt, Philippines, PV Power Plant
Hard times for thin-film PV module makers as Crystalsol and Calyxo file for insolvency
for the second time in less than two years in the district court in Aachen, Germany. The court has appointed Christoph Niering from the law firm Niering Stock
Jan 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Austria, Crystalsol, Calyxo
Court quits tree clearance for Tesla's recommended Berlin gigafactory
to all brand-new manufacturing centers, including its Gigafactory Shanghai. In Germany, the firm claimed it is handling "intricate legislations" associating with the
Feb 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, TESLA, Germany, Europe
Turkey establishes brand-new guidelines for solar module imports
to be active from December 2015 to April 2017. Hakki Karacaoglan, the CEO of Germany-based KRC Consulting, claimed that the brand-new guidelines can better drive
Apr 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Turkey, solar module, Hakki Karacaoglan
RENA picks up 15 GW devices order
incredibly cutting-edge technology which has been developed by our teams in Germany as well as China in record time," stated RENA CEO Peter Schneidewind. "We are
Sep 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, Peter Schneidewind, RENA
Covid-19 regular round-up: Australian states target green recuperation as France devotes EUR30bn to energy transition
also power regulatory authority the Commission Régulation de l'Energie. Germany, nonetheless, included 2.8 GW of grid-connected capacity in the very first 7
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, Germany, Australia, Europe, hydrogen, Xavier Daval, Oceania, Solargiga, covid-19
Western Australia checks out eco-friendly hydrogen hub with as much as 1,250 MW of solar energy
also Korea. Meanwhile, the opportunity of moving hydrogen from Australia to Germany will certainly be examined with a brand-new expediency study introduced
Sep 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Alannah MacTiernan, green hydrogen, solar-plus-hydrogen
Western Australia's multi-gigawatt green hydrogen huge edges forward
the last year with countries such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore as well as
Oct 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Western Australia, green hydrogen, asian renewable energy hub
Light on efficiency loss in natural solar cells
Denis Andrienko from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany, we established a concise design that enabled us to correlate our experimental
Oct 29, 2020 // Technology, Saudi Arabia, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, KAUST, Denis Andrienko
Australian hydrogen project including 5GW of renewables safeguards investment firm backing
arrangements the nation has with Japan, South Korea, Singapore and also
Nov 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, CIP, Michael Hannibal
Meyer Burger literally betting the house on HJT cell strategy
perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells in Brandeburg an der Havel, Germany, by the end of next year. It is expected the top-end products will offer
Oct 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Germany, UK, China, Europe, Asia, oxford pv, meyer burger
Meyer Burger to get in United States market with Heterojunction solar panels in 2021
procedures for both its HJ solar cells as well as module assembly in Germany in the May/June period, with deliveries anticipated to start in June/July
Mar 11, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, meyer burger, North America, heterojunction solar cell
Seeing both sides of light collection
De Bastiani as well as Stefaan De Wolf, dealing with coworkers in Canada, Germany as well as Italy, now show that a combination of both is the best method. By
Mar 12, 2021 // Technology, Canada, Germany, Italy, solar cells, Europe, North America, efficiency, KAUST, Stefaan De Wolf, Michele De Bastiani