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Andreas Wöll, Managing Director of Eco-Worthy Europe, on the future of the European solar industry and the possibilities and opportunities of European-Chinese cooperation.

Braas has increased the output of its PV Premium solar roof elements from 105 to 120 watts. That is an area output of almost 200 watts per square metre. The dimensions of the photovoltaic module remain the same.

CEO Talk: The market for solar rooftop installations with self-consumption solutions in the commercial and industrial sector needs more installation capacity. MaxSolar wants to close this installation gap by implementing a B2B solution for installers and solar companies. How it works, tells Christoph Strasser, CEO of MaxSolar.

Rural photovoltaics can be an infrastructure that supports both the agricultural landscape and agriculture in Italy, our guest author Sandro Esposito, managing director CCE Italy explains.

A total of 15 universities and companies are involved in the project. The aim is to develop industrially usable and environmentally friendly cells. However, sodium is a tricky element and its use in storage technology is still in its infancy.

Longi announced the launch of its newly developed Tera silicon wafers for the mass market in September. They are suitable for the currently prevailing solar technologies such as Topcon, heterojunction (HJT) and back contact cells (BC).

Azerbaijan is performing a balancing act between more gas for Europe and more renewable energies. A tour of the country, which will host the World Climate Change Conference in November, showed that there is at least some gradual movement towards more climate protection.

New carport system, a strategic partnership for a shared wallbox, a solar heat pump system with PVT technology and a new portfolio with longer warranty. These are our top products of the week:

Axpo is joining a large-scale green hydrogen project in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It includes a 30MW electrolyser powered by a 45MW solar plant.

The European Commission recently announced the projects that have won the European Hydrogen Bank’s first competitive auction to provide financial support for renewable hydrogen projects and DH2 Energy’s project Hysencia located in Spain is one of the winners.

Sungrow announced that its liquid cooled Power Titan, will equip SSE Renewables largest 320MW / 640 MWh battery storage project at Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire/UK.

Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund Government Pension Fund Global, has signed an agreement to acquire a 49 percent stake in a 644 MW solar portfolio of the Spanish power producer Iberdrola S.A..

Solar Solutions Group, the official supplier of AEG solar modules, announces new warranty terms for all AEG solar module series.

After years of testing, Rome has decided to allow self-consumption communities. They are expected to enable an expansion of almost 20 gigawatts by 2030.

The battery industry is steadily moving forward: With the increasing electrification of vehicles and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the global demand for batteries is growing. New technologies, as well as strategic and geopolitical decisions, will impact the battery and electromobility sectors, creating both opportunities and challenges.

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.

A new generation of inverters is on the rise: Their functions go far beyond their original task of converting direct current to alternating current. Today, they’re crucial for our renewable 24/7 energy supply.

In addition to a photovoltaic module, new PVT heat pump collectors from Consolar and Triple Solar have an air-brine heat exchanger on the underside of the collector.

The Bosco solar park will be an 8.3-megawatt plant and is to be installed in Partinico, Sicily. Commissioning planned by RWE for the end of 2024.

Following more than three years’ construction, Disneyland Paris and Axpo have equipped 11,200 parking spaces with solar panels. The solar parking canopy, currently the largest of its kind in Europe, will generate 36 gigawatt hours of green electricity a year.

Many clean energy technologies on the market are growing very quickly – but none faster than batteries, which are set to play an increasingly important role alongside renewables and electrification in the global transition away from fossil fuels, according to a new special report of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

What are the most important PV market and industry trends? Bartosz Majewski, CEO and Co-Founder of Menlo Electric, provides answers and his point of view in our new monthly series.

The software company reev and the hardware manufacturer Schneider Electric have joined forces to bring a new innovation to the market: The pre-configured EV charging product Schneider Electric | reev.

Operators of medium-sized and large photovoltaic systems in Italy used to have to pay a tax based on output. The Italian government has now suspended this.

Prices for solar modules have remained largely stable for the past four weeks. Nevertheless, there is no recovery in sight that would help European module production. Politicians must take urgent action here.