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PV Guided Tours: The HS5 all-in-one offers a complete way to power private homes. It brings together solar, battery storage, a wallbox and backup power in a single unit, with an AI-based energy manager orchestrating the individual components.

Residential storage prices fell in all three segments in October 2026, with low-voltage systems at €92.6/kWh, while commercial pricing climbed in the 20–60 kWh band and eased in the 60–120 kWh band, according to sun.store data.

In 2024, Greenpeace and the Biohaus Foundation dismantled a 100-kilowatt solar power system in eastern Germany and transported it to a children’s hospital in Kremenchuk. There, the system was reinstalled to provide the clinic with valuable solar-generated electricity. This project served as the starting point for many further initiatives. The video highlights the technical and logistical challenges involved.

After a full upgrade, the module maker is back in production, launching a GT series alongside Das Modul and counting on local manufacturing to win customers at home and in four neighbouring markets.

The Hamburg-based renewables group will supply Spanish energy and telecoms operator Visalia from two solar parks and three wind farms in Aragón, delivering 60 GWh a year for three and a half years.

CEO Talk: Demand for private and commercial solar rooftops is picking up and the expansion of solar parks continues to accelerate. Yet rising metal prices and energy costs are putting pressure on suppliers of mounting technology. Ludwig Schletter, CEO of SL Rack, talks about the challenges.

The Austrian manufacturer’s new app for installers and end customers automatically detects devices on the home network, including hardware from more than 90 partner brands.

The number of electric cars worldwide is rising rapidly. Making affordable charging power available means speeding up the rollout of charge points on private land, in semi-public areas and in public spaces.

PV Guided Tours: LONGi ONE is an integrated storage platform for C&I applications, featuring intelligent energy management and a TÜV-certified early warning system at cell level. Watch the video to find out why storage is becoming a key component of modern energy infrastructure.

All four module segments rose in price in October, according to sun.store data, while its PV PMI slipped to 65 from 67, just below the long-term average of 68.

The proposal has drawn sharp criticism from the industry association UNEF, which warns that investors, host municipalities and consumers will all be worse off.

Large backup batteries that check their charge at the start of each minute cause a regular dip in frequency worldwide, Jülich researchers report after a search lasting several years.

The battery specialist, which has already supplied more than 300 units to regional grids, went to Zagreb’s Green Energy Fair to find new installers and launch new C&I and utility-scale systems.

CEO Talk: Utility-scale solar projects across Europe are under growing cost pressure, even as expectations around yield, grid integration and long-term profitability continue to rise. Which new ideas boost project value, and which innovations matter most to the market? Let‘s find out.

The new Solarbank Max extends the manufacturer’s range of balcony and home battery products. Three MPP trackers take a solar input of up to 10 kW, enough for up to 20 solar modules.

A Biohaus Foundation truck packed with solar modules and batteries is due to leave Paderborn for five sites across Ukraine. Among them are hospitals in Kyiv, Sumy and Trostianets, which will need power they can rely on as winter approaches.

CEO Talk: The European energy storage market is growing dynamically, and so are the demands on profitability, safety and system integration. We find out how Ampace is positioning itself in this environment, the role Europe plays for the company, and which advances and technologies are set to shape the market next.

How do you convince a CFO to commit to a fixed electricity price for the long term? At RE-Source 2026, a panel of buyers, sellers and advisers set out what works, what fails and why the internal process often matters more than the deal itself.

As global battery storage grows towards 500–700 GWh by 2030, ACCURE’s Valentin Lorscheid argues that reactive operations and single-vendor monitoring are eroding returns, and explains how operators can get ahead.

From 12 to 14 January, Ptak Warsaw Expo will host the sixth edition of the show, with Huawei Polska, Sigenergy and Ingeteam among the exhibitors, and a dedicated zone for installers looking for new partners.

From 18 February 2027, every industrial battery above 2 kWh sold in the EU needs a digital passport. Together with Minespider, the Czech manufacturer is linking every system it builds to a permanent digital record.

PV Guided Tours: Atmoce is introducing a 25-year warranty on its residential storage system and unveiling intelligent module-level energy management that supports automated snow clearing of solar panels. On the storage side, the portfolio is being expanded with the C&I BattBank, the first AC-coupled, stackable commercial storage system designed for low-voltage operation.

Previously limited to up to three Plenticore G3 or Plenticore MP G3 inverters, the central control system from Kostal Solar Electric now brings more models into the network after a software update.

A growing number of hacker attacks is exposing weak points in solar systems. Operators who act early can keep attackers out, while delay risks costly failures and disruption to the grid.

Solar cannibalisation, stalled grids and a second year of falling contract volumes set the backdrop for the conference, where buyers and sellers looked to hybrid deals and system-wide flexibility.