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Households are stacking solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps from different brands, only to find the devices can’t communicate with each other. Jochen Schwill of SpotmyEnergy argues that compatibility should become a defining measure of quality.

CEO Talk: instalment purchasing made easy. With solid partners behind them, installers can offer customers loans for their solar setup alongside the build itself. What does this mean for installers? More work or more orders? Watch to find out.

The Hoyultra 2000M stores up to 2.61 MWh in a single cabinet and switches to backup power in under 20 ms, with Hoymiles promising installation in less than a quarter of the usual time.

Roofs and flat open spaces aren't the only options for solar power. Applications that pose particular challenges for project planning and installation technology are increasingly coming into focus.

More than 75 module assemblers operate across the continent, against just one ingot-and-wafer project and one polysilicon producer. Now over 35 industry players want the Industrial Accelerator Act to fill the gaps.

Global battery storage capacity is set to nearly triple by 2030, and operators are already drowning in alarms. Valentin Lorscheid of ACCURE explains how to get ahead of problems, and why independent data matters.

Around 720 projects with 9 GW of capacity are competing for grid connections worth around €2 billion in investment, but analysts are split on how much will actually be built.

Seven months into the Middle East war, the solar industry is pushing an emergency package of rooftop solar and large-scale batteries to make those savings last, and EU leaders appear to be listening.

While solar and wind are being built faster than ever, grids, storage and efficiency are falling behind as demand rises. In its new outlook, IRENA says electrification and wider reform are now key to getting back on a 1.5°C pathway.

At the recent Laser Symposium Electromobility in Aachen, organiser Fraunhofer ILT and speakers from industry made the case for flexible lines and weld monitoring in markets where Asian scale offers less of an edge.

Energy3000 has brought Novafixx on board as a partner and is putting Hithium's liquid-cooled C&I storage system in the spotlight, with Sigenergy a standout in the residential segment. Watch the video for more.

As households add batteries, EVs and heat pumps to existing solar systems, the ability to mix brands is becoming a real concern. Jochen Schwill of SpotmyEnergy argues that systems must leave room to grow.

A new whitepaper finds industrial flexibility could cut EU renewables curtailment by 61 percent and avoid 60 GW of peak capacity, while opening new revenue streams for energy-intensive sectors.

The 232 panels planned for the Northampton venue’s roof should cover its yearly demand, but evening performances make it a textbook case for adding battery storage.

As summer heat drove up demand, the solar fleet rose to the occasion with 810 GWh, yet Croatia still imported over a quarter of its electricity at a cost of €249 million.

PV Guided Tours: In the utility segment, Huawei FusionSolar is focusing on two innovations this year: an inverter platform with 1,000 V AC technology, and the LUTERRA storage platform with exceptional power and capacity density. Let's take a closer look.

Trina sends out the installation and cleaning robots, while Lynus, Solaredge and Sunenergy XT bring new battery storage to market, from an 800 kWh cube to a retrofit battery that skips the inverter swap.

As a rule, one to three percent of investment is allocated to operation and maintenance over 20 years, making solar parks low-maintenance assets with significantly lower costs than fossil or nuclear plants.

PV Guided Tours: With 690 W and an efficiency of 25.6%, AIKO Energy once again sets new benchmarks with its fourth-generation modules. In the video, we explore the technical details and outline future developments.

Why wait for a new build? Almost 40 percent of standalone PPA offers in Europe, and close to 60 percent for wind, now come from projects that are already generating.

Annual investment in the sector is forecast to more than double by 2035, with cumulative spending over the next decade estimated at 250 to 300 billion US dollars.

The cooling towers at West Burton in the Midlands of England have gone quiet, but the connections to the national network remain. RES’s newly consented Steeple solar farm is part of a wider shift towards former power station sites.

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.

CEO Talk: The project business revolves around modules, inverters and mounting systems. Small components such as cable ties, connectors or protective conduits for wiring are often neglected. Sooner or later, such oversights will come back to haunt you. We find out why.

Storage specialist Sunenergy XT, formerly Sunlit Solar, is launching the 500 Pro AC Core, an AC-coupled battery storage platform for retrofitting existing solar installations that leaves the existing inverter untouched.