Featured in Connections that count – 10-2022

Catalyst for an EU comeback

Plans for Europe’s largest-ever PV cell and module factory are taking shape, with equipment orders placed and a projected start date in mid-2024. Enel Green Power has received €118 million ($116.36 million) in funding from the EU Innovation Fund to support the project, out of a total €600 million investment. The EU is hoping it will catalyze further investment in similar projects, and start a high-tech comeback for European solar manufacturing.

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Mark Hutchins

05 Oct 2022

EGP began operating a 200 MW heterojunction production line at its Catania site in 2019, and now plans to scale up to 3 GW, while introducing various new manufacturing innovations. | Image: Enel Green Power

Coming next month, a special collaboration between pv magazine and Enel that takes a look at the Italian energy giant’s move into solar manufacturing down in Sicily and continued focus on renewable energy projects the world over.The 3Sun factory in Catania, Sicily already has a history of moving with the times. It first opened back …

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