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Two gold and six silver medals go to farm energy technologies, most of them in bioenergy. A timber-integrated solar roof takes the sole photovoltaics award ahead of the Hannover fair.

CEO Talk: Installers and EPCs are facing dual pressure. Project sizes are growing and installation windows are tightening, while demands regarding quality, reliability and safety are rising. How are mounting system providers responding to these challenges? Here’s what they told us.

After a sweeping regulatory overhaul, business is picking up again, though connection problems are still holding many projects back, the 8th Renewable & Storage Forum in Athens heard.

With 406 GW of solar online and a few cloud platforms steering much of the fleet, Brussels advisers want tighter rules on where inverters and firmware come from, and who supplies them.

All four nationally significant schemes decided last month won consent, adding close to 2 GW. Each comes with batteries, and one will reuse a closed coal plant’s grid capacity.

Brussels policymakers and fruit growers who met near Bordeaux this year saw a sector ready to grow, provided regulation keeps agriculture firmly at the centre of every project.

Danish storage specialist Emaldo and German investor KKI plan to clear the financing and approval hurdles that hold companies back, with a first installation in the Nordics before the end of 2026.

Around 800 kWh of usable capacity per unit, and as many units as a site needs – the new Bess Cube 2.0 is built for commercial and grid storage at scale.

The Lumegret A2000 solar energy system combines a microinverter, battery and charge controller in one unit, while the B2000G expansion battery lets owners add capacity as their needs change.

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.

How does agri-PV affect crop yields? How should a system be planned, and what do farmers, developers and installers need to watch out for during construction? Our special report answers these questions and more.

Podcast: Elevated solar modules and solar fences let farmers generate clean power on pastures and arable land. Stephan Schindele has played a central role in industrialising agrivoltaics at both Fraunhofer ISE and BayWa r.e., and explains how agricultural transformation and the energy transition connect, benefiting farmers and investors alike, with several European countries already leading the way on large-scale projects.

 Svet Bajlekov of AMMP sets out a simple test for commercial and industrial solar portfolios: let AI read, compare and explain, but keep decisions that cost money or involve a site visit with people.

PV Guided Tours: HYXI is showing off its newly unveiled Muse AI-Native Energy OS, which transforms energy use from passive backup into active, learning intelligence. Highlights include the Aura all-in-one storage, the AC-coupled Halo micro-storage system and the liquid-cooled Atlas C&I unit.

Electric trucks can now charge at a public stop in Lapalisse and a logistics depot in eastern France, where Evergreen Mobility’s chargers deliver 250 kW today and are built to reach 1.2 MW.

As manufacturers bypass distributors and sell C&I storage directly to installers and EPCs, buyers must establish who handles integration, commissioning and repairs. Removing a distributor does not remove the work, says market expert Gerard Scheper.

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

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.

Feathered visitors will find little comfort on module edges fitted with the new Birdblocker Topguard, a row of steel pins that clips on without drilling and is now available in German-speaking countries.

Backdoors and insecure manufacturer platforms pose a serious threat to Europe’s grid, warns the European Commission’s Smart Energy Expert Group, which wants restrictions on high-risk suppliers down to the smallest systems.

The Hannover fair, held alongside EuroTier from 10 to 13 November 2026, focuses on farms using their own solar power and on agri-PV. Our video team will be on site.

Energiepark Witznitz: at 650 MW, the solar park south of Leipzig is one of the largest in Europe. Register now to download our special edition free of charge. Investor newsletter subscribers receive it straight in their inbox.

Panels get the attention, but balance-of-system components now account for a third of utility-scale project costs. A SolarPower Europe report shows where Europe can keep its edge.

The technology works, users are convinced and money is moving, but without stronger grid links and clearer political backing, the industry warns the rollout risks stalling.

Britain’s queue for grid connections passed 700 GW before Gate 2 began weeding out speculative projects. We explain where things now stand for solar and storage.