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Investing in solar parks, expansive rooftop systems and cutting-edge battery storage requires patience and a genuinely long-term outlook. Such projects are generally designed to run for twenty years or more, making it crucial to safeguard them against a broad spectrum of risks over their lifespan – an important issue that is still too often neglected.

Gerard Scheper of European Solar argues that the positive sentiment seen after Intersolar Europe is no longer just sentiment, it is slowly turning into action.

Rivan Industries has commissioned its first commercial-scale synthetic natural gas system, powered entirely by solar and operating fully off-grid, with a 10-unit production run planned for 2027.

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.

An eight-point, 400 kW charging installation at Astwick becomes both a UK-first for Kempower and a first for its 2024 partnership with financing provider DLL.

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.

Engineers, financiers and operators will convene on 23 and 24 February 2027 for the Solar Quality Summit Europe, with a programme centred on real-world performance data and long-term asset value.

A new IIASA-led study finds that climate strategies which cut energy and resource demand tend to improve quality of life across a broader range of dimensions than supply-side alternatives, and that communicating these benefits can strengthen public support.

Every crimping operation is logged automatically, with an integrated NFC interface making the data accessible via smartphone and an LED signalling maintenance status.

Three projects presented at the Intersolar Forum show how PV, battery storage, charging infrastructure, energy management software and market integration are turning commercial truck and bus depots into flexible, revenue-generating assets.

Large flat-roof and green-roof solar projects are growing fast. Join K2 Systems for a free webinar on the mounting systems built to keep installation quick without sacrificing adaptability.

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.

Danske Bank is financing the construction of Indian Queens, a hybrid renewable asset combining a 68 MW solar park with a 47.5 MW / 95 MWh battery system. Commercial operations are expected in 2027, with both generation and storage sharing a single grid connection.

Zelestra has signed a ten-year tolling agreement with Axpo for a 207 MW storage project in northeastern Italy, its first BESS development in the country and one that would make it Italy's second-largest holder of authorised battery storage capacity.

Econergy has closed its second UK storage deal with Santander and EDF this year, underpinning what will become one of Britain's largest batteries operating above two hours.

As solar and battery storage projects scale up, the industry's exposure to fire, serial defects and unmanaged risk is outpacing its reliance on insurance alone, argues Harry Wolkenfelt of Solarif Group.

Homeowners can claim up to 50 percent of installation costs from 2 September, with battery storage funded only alongside a new photovoltaic system.

A Brussels coalition of regional governments, manufacturers and trade unions is calling for tougher local-content rules in the EU's planned Industrial Accelerator Act.

The new platform handles control, monitoring and energy management for solar, battery storage and hybrid plants, and is aimed at asset operators and O&M service providers.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has switched on a 600 kWh battery system paired with rooftop solar, delivered by ZLC Energy using six Solis PrimePower units. The setup is expected to offset around 75 percent of the hospital's electricity use.

Free to download: This special issue highlights the dual use of land as a key aspect of the solar energy transition in agriculture. Alongside the latest technological developments, it also covers the emerging business models for solar installations on farmland.

Connection terms for co-located battery storage schemes sharing a single grid access point are expected to reach 500 MW shortly, accounting for half of the capacity cap set out under Greece's latest regulatory framework.

Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy have developed a carborane-based electron transport material that raises perovskite cell efficiency by up to 2.4 percentage points, addressing a longstanding stability weakness in the process.

Renewed disruption to LNG flows pushed European gas and power prices higher in July, but PPA pricing barely responded, a structural shift that instead lifted merchant battery storage revenues.

The Swiss group is taking a minority stake in the US platform to expand its offering for corporate clean-power buyers, pairing its own energy expertise with LevelTen's contracting network.