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PV Guided Tours: Energy management systems integrate not only solar installations and storage but also electric vehicles through bidirectional charging. How does it work, and which functions do such systems offer?

Commissioned by Fluence, the study finds flexible capacity from a battery costs $371 million over 25 years in Texas – under a third of the price of gas and a sixth of diesel.

Trina Storage has commissioned its first battery storage project in the Portuguese market. Developed with independent power producer Prosolia Energy, the 15 MW/60 MWh system in the Centro region is paired with an existing solar plant.

The bank is taking a minority stake of up to US$221 million in the Norwegian developer’s investment vehicle, which is lining up 2.7 GW of solar and 900 MW of wind in Egypt, with more projects planned across the southern and eastern Mediterranean.

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.