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EIT InnoEnergy has launched the European Solar Academy to help train 65,000 people to work in the European PV sector.

Earlier this month the agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, announced a plan to "put an end to the wild installation of ground-mounted photovoltaics" on land classified as agricultural land.

Juan Monge, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, says the EPBD timeline is plausible, although “the devil is in the detail”. 

The European Commission (EC) has published new recommendations to encourage the faster permitting and installation of new renewable projects.

The European Commission (EC) has announced its European Solar Charter, a package intended to support domestic European solar manufacturing.

The European Commission has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) Greek state aid measure to support two solar-plus-storage projects.

Swedish manufacturer Nordcell has revealed plans to build a 1.2GW module manufacturing plant in northern Sweden.

The EU has reached a provisional agreement on a regulation to ban products made with forced labour from entering the market.

The European Commission has acknowledged the current state of Europe's solar manufacturers, yet has come short of implementing any measures.

The recommendation suggests a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 compared to the levels in 1990.