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Installation

Presenting Swedish installer Alfa Solvind in a video

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Looking beyond the horizon: The installation company Alfa Solvind i Skåne from Dalby serves customers in the southern Swedish region of Skåne. Managing Directors Jonas and August Lundberg provide exclusive insights into their day-to-day business.

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Opinion

„Put an end to social and environmental dumping in the market“

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Jens Holm, Sustainability Policy Director of the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC), sees the EU CSDDD Directive and the Forced Labor Regulation as an opportunity for European PV production and as a lever against social and environmental dumping by Chinese manufacturers.

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Opinion

Where is the solar industry in Europe be heading?

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Andreas Wöll, Managing Director of Eco-Worthy Europe, on the future of the European solar industry and the possibilities and opportunities of European-Chinese cooperation.

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Braas

Solar roof element that achieves 120 watts

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Braas has increased the output of its PV Premium solar roof elements from 105 to 120 watts. That is an area output of almost 200 watts per square metre. The dimensions of the photovoltaic module remain the same.

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The smarter E Europe 2023

Christoph Strasser of MaxSolar: Decentralized solar power for companies calls for digital solution

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CEO Talk: The market for solar rooftop installations with self-consumption solutions in the commercial and industrial sector needs more installation capacity. MaxSolar wants to close this installation gap by implementing a B2B solution for installers and solar companies. How it works, tells Christoph Strasser, CEO of MaxSolar.

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Topic of the Week: Italy

Opportunities for Italian PV and agriculture

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Rural photovoltaics can be an infrastructure that supports both the agricultural landscape and agriculture in Italy, our guest author Sandro Esposito, managing director CCE Italy explains.

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Entise

New research into sodium-ion batteries launched

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A total of 15 universities and companies are involved in the project. The aim is to develop industrially usable and environmentally friendly cells. However, sodium is a tricky element and its use in storage technology is still in its infancy.

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Technology

Longi: New Tera silicon wafers

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Longi announced the launch of its newly developed Tera silicon wafers for the mass market in September. They are suitable for the currently prevailing solar technologies such as Topcon, heterojunction (HJT) and back contact cells (BC).

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COP29

Azerbaijan: More renewables and more gas for Europe

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Azerbaijan is performing a balancing act between more gas for Europe and more renewable energies. A tour of the country, which will host the World Climate Change Conference in November, showed that there is at least some gradual movement towards more climate protection.

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Top products of the week

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New carport system, a strategic partnership for a shared wallbox, a solar heat pump system with PVT technology and a new portfolio with longer warranty. These are our top products of the week:

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Topic of the Week: Italy

Axpo partners for major green hydrogen project

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Axpo is joining a large-scale green hydrogen project in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It includes a 30MW electrolyser powered by a 45MW solar plant.

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Hydrogen

DH2 Energy wins the first European renewable hydrogen auction

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The European Commission recently announced the projects that have won the European Hydrogen Bank’s first competitive auction to provide financial support for renewable hydrogen projects and DH2 Energy’s project Hysencia located in Spain is one of the winners.

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Investments

Norway's sovereign wealth fund invests millions in solar parks in Spain

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Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund Government Pension Fund Global, has signed an agreement to acquire a 49 percent stake in a 644 MW solar portfolio of the Spanish power producer Iberdrola S.A..

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AEG

New portfolio with longer warranty

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Solar Solutions Group, the official supplier of AEG solar modules, announces new warranty terms for all AEG solar module series.

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Topic of the Week: Italy

Italy introduces energy communities

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After years of testing, Rome has decided to allow self-consumption communities. They are expected to enable an expansion of almost 20 gigawatts by 2030.

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ees Europe/Power Drive Europe

New opportunities for the European battery industry

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The battery industry is steadily moving forward: With the increasing electrification of vehicles and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the global demand for batteries is growing. New technologies, as well as strategic and geopolitical decisions, will impact the battery and electromobility sectors, creating both opportunities and challenges.

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Interview Rolls-Royce Power Systems

"Microgrids can also pay off in Central Europe"

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Rolls-Royce Power Systems is focusing heavily on battery storage systems, energy management and microgrids. Armin Fürderer, Director of Energy Solutions, and Jan Henker, Senior Expert Automation & Controls, explain this in an interview.

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Intersolar Europe 2024

Inverters as interface of the energy transition

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A new generation of inverters is on the rise: Their functions go far beyond their original task of converting direct current to alternating current. Today, they’re crucial for our renewable 24/7 energy supply.

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PVT heat pump

Solar heat pump system with PVT technology

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In addition to a photovoltaic module, new PVT heat pump collectors from Consolar and Triple Solar have an air-brine heat exchanger on the underside of the collector.