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The industry body warns that the lack of official guidance is delaying solar projects and creating investment uncertainty across Europe

Switzerland’s cumulative solar PV installations totaled 9.5 GW by 2025-end, but new PV installations fell 26% while battery storage expanded 70%

Expected to become the country's second-largest solar project, the project will be co-located with a BESS

Storage, smarter energy solutions, and evolving solar technologies set the tone at Intersolar Europe 2026, as Chinese companies led and Indian manufacturers strengthened their presence

Funding for 40 projects will support domestic production of solar PV, batteries, grid technologies, hydrogen, and other clean energy equipment

Planning reforms will remove mandatory pre-application consultation requirements from July 24, 2026, speeding up approvals for solar, wind, and other major projects

Renewables generated 47.2% of the EU’s electricity in 2025, while coal use fell to record lows despite higher natural gas supply

The bloc's first tripartite storage agreement is accompanied by the European Council backing for the European Grids Package

Korkia to advance one of Scandinavia's largest renewable energy developments toward construction

Europe added a record 36 GWh of battery storage in 2025, with utility-scale projects driving growth; SolarPower Europe projects annual installations to nearly quadruple by 2030

German company offering finance to homeowners for solar, batteries and heat pumps through long-term installments

EIB invests €20 million in Latvenergo green bond; Romania grid connects Nanov Solar-Storage facility; OMV Petrom approves 415 MW in Bulgaria; Matrix commissions 50 MW in Palencia; Sweden’s Vaja raises ...

The European Commission has cleared Slovakia’s state aid program to support battery, solar, wind and other net-zero technology manufacturing projects

FRV targets battery storage, solar and hybrid projects across Germany to reach ready-to-build status between 2026 and 2029

The €80 million project in Ventspils Municipality is expected to generate enough electricity to supply around 60,000 households annually

A moratorium on new rural solar projects is now in force as the Balearic Islands prepare updated renewable energy regulations

Over 700 of Britain’s pre-2030 renewable energy and storage projects have received grid connection offers under new reforms

EU’s Mediterranean initiative targets 15 GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2035 while supporting clean tech manufacturing and grid modernization

Iberdrola and Vodafone partner for RE in Spain; 17.2 GWh agrivoltaic project starts in Austria; Nofar Energy switches on 169 MW in Romania; enercity, Kraken Partner on Virtual Power Plant; EIB lends € ...