Europe's solar installer failures leave 65 GW of rooftop systems without maintenance or warranty support

A wave of installer insolvencies across Europe is creating a maintenance crisis for residential solar owners as the continent added record capacity in 2025 but shed 40,000 jobs in the sector.

First covered Jul 7, 2026 · 9:00 PM PT · 1 article

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5h PV Magazine Who maintains Europe’s orphaned rooftop solar? — Europe added 65.1 GW of solar capacity in 2025. It also lost 40,000 solar jobs – the first workforce contraction in nearly a decade, according to SolarPower…

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Appeared in: 2026-07-08 (#2)

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