The EU has allocated €3.6 billion ($4.04 billion) across forty-one large-scale clean technology projects. Hydrogen is the biggest single focus with at most a tenth going to solar factories – but that is still a considerable start, with EU funding being seconded by national government outlays allowed under new EU rules. NorSun, a Norwegian ingot and wafer manufacturer, states that it intends to expand its Ardal plant’s production capacity from 1 GW to 4 GW, though this will need Norwegian backing additional to the $60 million it has received from the EU. Meyer Burger won $224 million and has announced plans for 3.5 GW of cell and module production capacity to be built mostly in Germany – though some may…