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Parking garages are attractive assets that enhance their worth through solar facades.

Solar Investors Guide #5 – Solarised parking and charging

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The era of petrol and diesel dominance is drawing to a close. Mobility is transitioning to electric, with millions of private electric cars, company fleets, and commercial vehicles creating new demands on the energy supply. Filling stations, parking garages, and parking lots now represent opportunities to provide EVs with solar power.

Prices for residential batteries rose slightly across the board in February

February Battery Index – residential prices rise as commercial segment holds steady

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Premium residential storage systems continue to command higher prices across European markets, while battery pricing in the C&I segment remains broadly stable, reflecting slower project cycles and steadily growing product availability.

67 MW tracker system in Albania. Katerina Jirku Nemec sees CEE’s role as unique worldwide

Trinasolar’s Jirku Nemec: Market diversity drives solar potential in CEE

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Katerina Jirku Nemec, Head of Eastern Europe at Trinasolar, outlines in this interview why Central Eastern Europe stands out in a global context.

Where space and sunlight abound – the new Lancaster solar park highlights why Australia is attracting utility-scale solar investment

European Energy powers up 108 MW Lancaster park in Victoria, Australia

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The Danish renewable developer has thrown the switch on the 108 MW Lancaster solar park in Victoria, as European developers deepen their presence in Australia’s utility-scale solar market.

Gianluca Michieletto indicates the repositioned junction boxes on the back of the JA Solar Deep Blue module in Rimini

KEY 2026 – industry presents more durable TOPCon, BC and ABC designs

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Several manufacturers used KEY 2026 to introduce new PV modules, including JA Solar’s DeepBlue 5.0 TOPCon, Gokin’s AllBlack back-contact, Aiko’s upgraded Infinite ABC and SolarFabrik’s Mono S4 Halfcut BC White module.

Waterfront living, power on top – US installer sees rising BIPV demand in premium homes

Roofit.Solar completes first US BIPV roof installation

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With its first US installation finalised and a partnership agreed with ArcEdge, Estonia-based Roofit.Solar is establishing a foothold in North America’s building-integrated photovoltaics segment.

Containerised storage on standby, quietly minding the gaps between supply and demand

Intilion introduces modular large-scale storage platform for industry

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With the Scalecube i3, Intilion is expanding its portfolio to include a modular large-scale storage system that integrates all key components in a single unit for industrial and grid-support applications.

Marko Balen is Head of Business Development at mounting systems supplier Renusol

Marko Balen of Renusol: “Croatia offers stable, positive prospects”

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As Croatia’s photovoltaic market continues to mature, Marko Balen, Head of Business Development at mounting systems supplier Renusol, discusses steady growth, rising standards and the shift towards quality-driven investment.

Eliav Rodman from Solargik shows where the tracker does its thinking

KEY – tracker industry pushes flexible designs and smart software

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Solar tracker providers, including agri-PV specialists, gathered at KEY in Rimini to present flexible systems and digital optimisation tools as trackers become the default option for ground-mounted PV in Italy.

Strong visitor interest at Metlen’s stand at KEY 2026 in Rimini

Greek energy group Metlen: Italy is a core market for us

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With a 3 GW pipeline of solar and battery projects, Metlen is strengthening its position in Italy through new storage projects, tolling agreements and partnerships with industrial energy consumers.

Up close with Longi’s new commercial and utility-scale storage systems

KEY 2026 – Longi and JA Solar step up European storage push

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Longi is recruiting service partners and staff for its European storage division, while JA Solar is preparing to launch a large-scale battery storage system later this year.

Bustling aisles at KEY 2026 – and steady crowds at the Metlen stand

KEY 2026 – Tailwind for the solar transition from Rimini

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A positive atmosphere at the trade fair in Italy, as more than 1,000 exhibitors presented a broad range of new PV and battery products and solutions over three days, with a strong focus on the C&I and utility-scale sectors.

Our guest author Benjamin von Berg is an agri-PV expert and key account manager at Trinasolar

Agri-PV – from niche solution to mainstream adoption

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With advances in standard PV equipment and proven mounting systems, agrivoltaics is moving beyond its experimental phase and entering mainstream deployment, explains Benjamin von Berg of Trinasolar.

Slim design – the new Ocean 2 Single-Phase from Ecoflow

KEY – new residential and commercial storage takes the floor

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Ecoflow’s Ocean Single-Phase home storage system made its European debut in Rimini, alongside new storage solutions from manufacturers including Hyxi, Solavita and BYD, as well as Go-E Charger products for the Italian market.

Willi Ernst mans the forklift – the next transport is leaving for Ukraine

Next Ukraine aid shipment underway – further donations urgently needed

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Ukraine: At the beginning of March, Willi Ernst from the Biohaus Foundation personally helped load the truck with a forklift to help send off the latest shipment. The aid project is gaining momentum, but every euro in donations is still urgently needed.

New products are eliminating the need for post-installation roof modifications

Mounting innovation – smarter solutions for faster, cleaner PV installs

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The latest mounting tech speeds up solar installs, replacing tile cutting with smarter roof panels, faster clamps and installer-friendly systems built for watertight, low-mess rooftop work.

Solar builds capacity, storage gives the grid room to breathe

Croatia – storage shaping the grid flexibility agenda

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SolarFlex Croatia in Zagreb will spotlight battery energy storage as a critical contributor to grid flexibility, alongside the presentation of a new national study assessing the technology’s role in Croatia’s power system.

Solar collected at altitude, logistics conducted at ground level at Lombard Shipping

UK – 118 MWh rooftop PV backs EV fleet at Lombard Shipping

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The logistics provider is combining PV, storage and EV charging at its main distribution site, targeting a 50 percent reduction in electricity costs while meeting growing operational needs.

Modular design – insertion rail system with BasicClips for trapezoidal roofs

PV Europe’s products of the week – mounting systems, planning tools and more

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K2 Systems presents its Insertionrail for trapezoidal roofs, Wichmann introduces a fire protection channel for rooftop solar cables, while Kiwigrid and Autarc unveil new software tools for energy management and PV planning – this week‘s top products.