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ZEZ and partners bring the "Energy Communities in Practice" conference to Bol on 24 and 25 September, focused on setting up, financing and running shared solar installations.

PV Guided Tours: Demands on mounting are rising, and manufacturers are responding with designs that meet rooftop regulations while still allowing rapid installation. Ludwig Maximilian Schletter of SL Rack demonstrates how it works.

Efstathios Sideris of Capalo AI explains how machine learning, local expertise and cross-border cooperation can reduce curtailment and unlock new revenue streams for renewable assets across the Balkans.

Next2Sun argues that combining south-facing and vertical installations can expand connected capacity by around 60 percent while cutting infrastructure costs and improving market returns.

The Saracen Sands Hotel & Conference Centre near Palermo has installed a solar carport and battery system it expects will slash €500,000 a year off its energy costs.

UNEF's annual report shows the solar sector employed over 134,000 people and contributed €9.84 billion to Spanish GDP last year. But today, falling captured prices and near-900 zero-price hours are straining plant profitability.

PV Guided Tours: Lightweight modules that offer a solution for load-restricted roofs. Or special technologies that enable durable and flexible solar modules without glass. Is this magic? Let’s find out.

The Storion-LC 836 delivers 835.9 kWh per cabinet and scales to 6.7 MWh when eight units are connected in parallel, with front-side cabling and standardised transport reducing installation complexity.

Solar park construction is picking up pace worldwide, but the bottleneck is not materials or components. It is land, grid connection points and the people to do the work. Sign up for our investor newsletter to receive this digital edition directly.

As the EU tightens cyber rules for networked inverters, manufacturers must navigate both a new compliance burden and a chance to make "made in Europe" count for more.

CEO Talk: Solar parks are growing in size, with cost pressure, construction timelines and availability all becoming tighter. How can projects be implemented faster, more cost-effectively and more reliably? What role do pre-assembled cabling, aluminium cables and smart combiner boxes play? Oliver Glenz, CSO of HIS Renewables, has all the answers.

As TOPCon dominance gives way to a more differentiated market, Ignacio Espinosa of JA (formerly JA Solar) sets out what really separates one module from another.

The Hanover trade fair, running from 10 to 13 November 2026 alongside EuroTier, will focus on the self-consumption of solar power by agricultural businesses and on agri-PV, with pv Europe's video team on site to take a look.

The renowned institute has applied a new electrode architecture to lithium-ion, sodium-ion and zinc-ion battery cells, reporting energy density gains of 10 to 15 percent in each case.

Istria and Zadar counties are both rolling out rooftop solar on public buildings, from health centres and care homes to schools and cultural facilities, backed by a combined €2.59 million in county and EU funding.

CEO Talk: As subsidies phase out, electricity prices turn negative and Europe reshapes its regulatory framework, the question now is who will remain competitive. We find out how SKYWORTH Solar is positioning itself for a new era in the European energy market.

Splitting solar and battery functions between the Piko CI G2 and Plenticore BI 25 shortens cable runs and permits independent placement, with the BI 25 reaching up to 98.3 percent efficiency.

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.

Conexio PSE has published the full programme for Agrivoltaics World Conference 2026, running from 21 to 23 October, with both in-person and online participation available.

PV Guided Tours: The market expects complete and well-integrated systems that are intelligently managed and, increasingly, supported by AI. We find out what makes it possible to build smart energy systems of this kind.

Europe's grid queues hold 1,700 GW of stalled projects. Sharing connections between wind and PV could ease the bottleneck, but regulation, permitting and grid operators keep hybrid parks a rarity, explains Philipp Rasche of ENEO.

Stella Juva, developed by Eindhoven University of Technology's Solar Team, is a self-sufficient mobile medical unit powered by rooftop solar and designed for regions with limited electricity, fuel or road access.

A ten-hectare facility in Xiamen combines grid simulation, thermal safety and EMC testing at a scale the company says exceeds any comparable platform globally.

Under DEDDIE/HEDNO's investment plan, the capacity of renewable energy projects connected to the national distribution network would climb from 9 GW currently to 16 GW by the end of the decade.

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.