The European Parliament approved the Net-Zero Industry Act. The move follows the provisional agreement of the law in February, and marks the finalisation of the NZIA. The last step will be a rubber stamp from EU Competition Ministers on 24 May 2024.

Mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group has published its first CSR report. The report, which covers the full calendar year of 2023, contains the company’s strategies and measures pertaining to ecological responsibility, sustainable economics, and social commitment.  

Roof hooks for all roofs, a new home storage system with more capacity, a string inverter with arc detection and a low-glare solar module with special glass. Here are our top products of the week:

At Agritechnica, suppliers of agrivoltaic systems presented solutions on how farmers can utilise their land multiple times. They also showed future scenarios of how modern agriculture can develop in the course of the solar energy transition.

The plant will reach 51 megawatts. It will be combined with a wind farm, which has various advantages but also poses some challenges in terms of project planning.

With 26 of 27 EU Member States having submitted their National Energy and Climate Plans solar targets have increased by 87%. Despite the boost NECPs fail to connect the dots with grid deployment, modernisation, and flexibility.

Really? Again? And less polite words to that effect have been the exasperated sentiments of climate activists to Azerbaijan’s unveiling as the host of COP29 – another fossil fuel economy coming after petro-powered UAE’s 2023 desert jamboree. It is easy to conclude there’s as much an emergency in seriousness as there is over climate realism, Gerard Scheper, CEO of Europe Solar says.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and French asset manager Eiffel Investment Group (Eiffel) are supporting the development of solar energy generation in Poland by extending a joint loan of €45 million to PL-SUN Sp.z.o.o.

The Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) adopted the UNEZA Roadmap to 2030, which targets a total increase of renewable energy capacity within their portfolios to 749 GW by 2030, an increase of 2.5 times relative to 2023.

European Energy has started constructing Sweden’s first large-scale hybrid park in Skåramåla in the municipality of Tingsryd, where the existing wind farm is supplemented by a solar park.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is focusing heavily on battery storage systems, energy management and microgrids. Armin Fürderer, Director of Energy Solutions, and Jan Henker, Senior Expert Automation & Controls, explain this in an interview.

PV Guided Tours: 24 hours sun are possible – with using PV for heat and mobility. Fronius has all solutions for that in the assortment. What this involves, You will learn from Leonhard Peböck und Robert Mühllehner, product marketing manager at Fronius International.

PV Guided Tours: The market is calling for intelligent solutions around photovoltaics and energy storage. Find out now what these look like and how they work. Junning Xu is the product manager for Germany. He explains all the new features. Find out more in our video of pv Guided Tours!

A foldable solar system for flat roofs could speed up installation. The Swiss company Smartvolt and licence partners offer the smart solar box in Switzerland and abroad. It arrives at the installation site pre-assembled, wired and ballasted on reusable plates.

Mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group continues to grow in the Italian market. In cooperation with the general contractor EnValue, Schletter has successfully installed two ground-mounted systems with a total output of 48 MW near the Italian city of Udine.