Solar cannibalisation, stalled grids and a second year of falling contract volumes set the backdrop for the conference, where buyers and sellers looked to hybrid deals and system-wide flexibility.

PV Guided Tours: Homes are increasingly becoming energy producers. Sector coupling within the building is growing in importance and even electric vehicles are now part of the picture. Gregor Kuschmann and Robert Pawlik of Solarwatt explain which components and solutions make energy independence possible and how buildings are playing a new role in the energy market.

EDENenergy delivered its first 70 kWh commercial system in mid-October. Of the 350 used batteries tested to date, many still showed over 90 percent health, beating the start-up’s 80 percent forecast by a wide margin.

High demand is already shaping up for EnergyDecentral 2026, and DLG continues to accept exhibitor applications ahead of the trade fair‘s opening in Hannover on 10 November.

Households can claim up to €9,000 towards an electric car, and €2,500 for an electric motorcycle or moped, from a €20 million fund. Applications open on 28 October 2026.

After a sweeping regulatory overhaul, business is picking up again, though connection problems are still holding many projects back, the 8th Renewable & Storage Forum in Athens heard.

The proposal has drawn sharp criticism from the industry association UNEF, which warns that investors, host municipalities and consumers will all be worse off.

A Biohaus Foundation truck packed with solar modules and batteries is due to leave Paderborn for five sites across Ukraine. Among them are hospitals in Kyiv, Sumy and Trostianets, which will need power they can rely on as winter approaches.

Venture capitalists are back and putting larger sums into fewer early-stage companies, while acquisitions and new EU cybersecurity rules are changing how startups grow.

Europe's grid queues hold 1,700 GW of stalled projects. Sharing connections between wind and PV could ease the bottleneck, but regulation, permitting and grid operators keep hybrid parks a rarity, explains Philipp Rasche of ENEO.

From shared connection points to AI-driven trading: two very different perspectives on Europe's grid capacity problem, and how developers and operators can make better use of existing grid capacity, cut curtailment losses and lift returns on renewable assets.

With 406 GW of solar online and a few cloud platforms steering much of the fleet, Brussels advisers want tighter rules on where inverters and firmware come from, and who supplies them.

Backdoors and insecure manufacturer platforms pose a serious threat to Europe’s grid, warns the European Commission’s Smart Energy Expert Group, which wants restrictions on high-risk suppliers down to the smallest systems.

CEO Talk: Installers and EPCs are facing dual pressure. Project sizes are growing and installation windows are tightening, while demands regarding quality, reliability and safety are rising. How are mounting system providers responding to these challenges? Here’s what they told us.

A joint webinar by K2 Systems and PV Europe sets out how installers can tackle the competing demands of speed, flexibility and plant protection when building large solar arrays on flat and green roofs. It is now available to watch free of charge.