All latest news Margriet Fotografie Opinion: Battery storage is becoming growth infrastructure 07/29/2026 - 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. Forschungszentrum Juelich / BiooekonomieREVIER / Ralf-Uwe Umbach Study: plant physiology, not shading, should drive agri-PV design 07/29/2026 - Configuring solar arrays around the light spectrum plants actually use can substantially raise energy yields while leaving crop growth unaffected, Australian researchers report. LONGi BC cells hit Route 66 with LONGi's European racers 07/29/2026 - Having worked with Belgium's Innoptus Solar Team at the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, LONGi adds the Netherlands' Delft Solar Team for the American Solar Challenge, running from 25 July to 1 August. Conexio-PSE Solar Quality Summit Europe turns its lens on assets and performance 07/29/2026 - 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. Quirin Löffelmeier From liability to asset – the new economics of fleet charging 07/29/2026 - 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. Midea Energy Aqua E261 offers 261 kWh of cooled storage per cabinet 07/29/2026 - Clou Electronics and Midea Energy have developed a large-scale C&I storage unit for European users, pairing 314 Ah battery cells with balanced pack and cell-level cooling and a maximum efficiency of 90 percent. ib vogt IEA: Middle East crisis driving investment in electrification 07/29/2026 - Countries are responding to the second energy crisis in five years by expanding electricity investment and turning to new supply routes and domestic resources, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports. Vorsatz Media Tesla: a networked energy ecosystem for the home 07/28/2026 - PV Guided Tours: The three-phase Powerwall 3P battery delivers 15.4 kW of AC output and adapts flexibly to demand. Behind it all sits the Tesla Home energy manager, which links the battery, PV system, EV and heat pump – all optimised by AI software. Los Muertos Crew European regions and industry push for tougher "Made in Europe" rules 07/28/2026 - 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. Eurostat/European Heat Pump Assocation/IEEFA European LNG Tracker/IEEFA analysis Clean energy could halve Europe's Qatari LNG exposure by 2030 07/28/2026 - Meeting EU renewables and heat pump targets over the next five years could cut gas demand by around a quarter, easing exposure to volatile LNG markets, argues Ana Maria Jaller-Makarewicz, lead analyst at IEEFA. Next2Sun Vertical PV and existing solar parks: a case for overbuilding 07/28/2026 - 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. © Lea Zimmermann / HZB Germany – HZB compound squeezes more from perovskite tandems 07/28/2026 - 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. Velka Botička Agri-PV – a second harvest, if the planning is right 07/28/2026 - Farmers rarely have time to master permits, mapping and grid procedures alongside the day job. Developers such as Hamburg-based Metavolt now handle the entire journey, from initial idea to completed installation. Instavolt Powerdot acquires InstaVolt charging network across Spain and Portugal 07/28/2026 - The sale follows a £250 million debt refinancing and £40 million equity raise, and is part of InstaVolt‘s strategy shift toward the UK and Ireland since the business entered Iberia in 2023. Solaredge Solaredge packs 107 kWh into new C&I storage 07/28/2026 - Solaredge has introduced the CSS-OD, a commercial storage system with 107 kilowatt-hours of capacity, for Europe. The company is also extending its Multirange concept across its entire European commercial inverter portfolio. ML System Poland – ML System scales BIPV with landmark tile contract 07/28/2026 - A conditional long-term agreement to supply around 17,000 m² of photovoltaic roof tiles annually positions the Polish manufacturer as a volume supplier for the Western European refurbishment market. Vorsatz Media Sigenergy: clever engineering for large-scale solar 07/27/2026 - PV Guided Tours: Sigenergy presents its system approach for energy and infrastructure projects. From 1,000-volt AC technology to intelligent energy management, the innovations lift both the efficiency and the returns of solar projects. Euronergy/private Solar Investors Guide – Martin Green on glass-free modules 07/27/2026 - Professor Martin Green of the University of New South Wales is a leading figure in solar research, holding numerous patents and efficiency records dating back to 1974. Now Chief Scientific Officer at Euronergy, he is focused on developing glass-free, lightweight modules that are exceptionally thin and easy to install. LONGi LONGi plants a Technology Forest of eight innovations 07/27/2026 - The module giant's 2026 Shanghai launch stacked eight innovations spanning cells, modules, hardware and software, lifting standard module output above 690 watts, and possibly the whole sector past its ruinous price war. Erva Nur EU EV pipeline nears €200bn as Brussels reopens 2035 debate 07/27/2026 - New Automotive and E-Mobility Europe map close to €200bn in committed capital across vehicles, batteries and charging, with 150,000 jobs already tied to projects now under political pressure. CATL CATL takes bronze in first global BESS integrator ranking 07/27/2026 - The cell giant lands behind only Sungrow and Tesla in the analysts' first assessment of storage integrators, which weights corporate substance such as R&D, supply chains and finances above product specifications. ABB When the grid needs a backbone: enter the BESS inverter 07/27/2026 - As synchronous generators retire and inertia drains from the grid, battery storage inverters are inheriting stability tasks once reserved for spinning steel, argues Daniel Gerber of ABB Renewable Power. Goldbeck Solar The industrialisation of solar construction has begun 07/27/2026 - Solar park construction is picking up pace worldwide. The bottleneck isn't materials or components, but land, grid connection points and people. Our next newsletter for investors will be published on August 12, 2026. Longi LONGi bets on integration with new storage range 07/27/2026 - Portfolio One brings LONGi‘s modules and in-house 5S storage under a single architecture, tailored to utility-scale, commercial and off-grid use, with the cloud-based Oneos platform handling control and virtual power plant functions. Octopus Energy Generation Croatia still lagging on PPAs as barriers persist 07/27/2026 - A new report from the Croatian Renewable Energy Association maps the barriers holding back a market that has gained traction elsewhere in Europe, from regulatory complexity to the near-absence of municipal and community contracts. Show more