EU Solar Installations Drop For First Time Since 2016
PVTIME – 2025 will see a significant change for the EU solar industry, with new installations expected to decrease to 65.1GW, marking a 0.7% fall from 2024’s 65.6GW and representing…
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100GW! Iran Grants Solar Power Licences
PVTIME – Jafar Mohammadi Nejad Sijarudi, SATBA’s Deputy Director of Investments, has confirmed that Iran has awarded construction licences for almost 100GW of solar projects. He highlighted the role of…
EU’s 70% Made in Europe Policy Delayed to Early 2026
PVTIME – The European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, which was originally due to be released on 10 December, has been delayed until late January 2026. At an industrial ministers…
Wacker to Cut 9% of Workforce by 2027
PVTIME – The German chemical company Wacker Chemie has announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 9% by the end of 2027, with the majority of job losses concentrated…
World’s First Balcony PV Standard Launches in December 2025
PVTIME – Germany’s VDE Association has announced that the world’s first product-level safety standard for plug-and-play photovoltaic systems will be released in December 2025. Titled DIN VDE V 0126-95/VDE V…
Solar Pioneer Martin Green Shares Insights on Tech Trends, Industrialization at China PV & Energy Storage Conference
PVTIME – During an interview at the 8th China International PV & Energy Storage Industry Conference 2025, renowned solar scientist Professor Martin Green, known as the Father of Solar Energy,…
SunPower Drives Recovery and Expansion with Strategic Acquisition of Ambia Solar
PVTIME – US solar installer SunPower is accelerating its growth in the residential market and recovery of its business with the proposed acquisition of Utah-based home solar specialist Ambia Solar,…
31GWh! LONGi Acquires 61.9998% Control of Storage Specialist PotisEdge
PVTIME – On 13 November, the Shaanxi Provincial Administration for Market Regulation issued a notice confirming that LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. had signed agreements with Suzhou PotisEdge Energy…
11 Nations Including EU, China Join Brazil’s COP30 Carbon Market Coalition
PVTIME – At the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, 11 economies, including the EU, China, the UK, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Mexico, Zambia and Oman, have…
EU Lawmakers Call for Restrictions on Chinese Solar Inverters Over Cybersecurity Risks
PVTIME – Thirty European Union lawmakers have urged the European Commission to limit the access of Chinese solar inverter manufacturers to the bloc’s critical energy infrastructure, citing pressing cybersecurity concerns.…
