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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.

Full Black overtook the field to become the priciest module segment, while TOPCon bifacial kept easing. The PV PMI slipped to 65, its softest reading in months and a notch below the historical average, according to sun.store data.

Storage is no longer in question. What matters now is the system it forms with generation, controllable loads and e-mobility, argues Philipp Rasche of ENEO.

The list now spans modules, inverters, wind turbines, battery storage and, new this year, battery cells, with credit risk added as manufacturers increasingly chase recognition across multiple categories.

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.

SolarPower Europe ranks Ukraine fourth for storage installed in 2025, behind only Germany, the UK and Italy. But this isn't about bills. It's about keeping hospitals and water treatment running when the grid itself is under attack.

The trade show for the energy transition in south-east Europe takes place on 28 and 29 October 2026 at the Arena Zagreb, with more than 150 exhibitors and a conference programme covering the sector's key topics.

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.

Winaico launches a black module at 24.5 percent efficiency. Enwitec's Brain Home controls wallbox, heat pump and storage. Conduct expands its Roofsupport range, and Intilion introduces modular large-scale storage for industry.

The Swedish Transport Administration has awarded Soltech subsidiary E-Mobility a two-year framework agreement for EV charging infrastructure at its properties across Sweden, with a potential value of SEK 28 million and an option to extend for a further two years.

Agri-PV systems help farmers generate renewable energy, protect crops and maintain yields against climate pressures. This feature covers core technologies, planning strategies and top service providers.

The manager at the solar and storage technology company argues that the era of stand-alone PV systems is over, as storage and energy management now drive installations. And he has solid reasons to be optimistic for 2026.

Expected capacity will comfortably beat 2024's record, but battery installations will reach only 1.1 GW, leaving projects exposed to curtailment and falling prices.

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.

The 59 MW Iancu Jianu plant takes Econergy's Romanian portfolio to 743 MW connected and ready-to-connect, with a 35 MW battery due online in 2027.

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.

High-voltage residential systems cheapened further while low-voltage products firmed for the first time in months, according to sun.store data, as commercial storage pricing eased across the board.

UNEF and Castilla-La Mancha's regional government are working to give municipalities a stronger role across the country's 837 energy communities, where local involvement already runs deep.

With the Scalecube i3, Intilion is expanding its portfolio to include a modular large-scale storage system that integrates all key components in a single unit for industrial and grid-support applications.

A 20-hectare canopy of semi-transparent modules produced 1.85 million kilowatt-hours in year one, with farmers reporting stronger fruit quality under its shade.

Podcast (German): Valuable agricultural land can serve two purposes: as pasture or arable land and for generating clean solar power. Stephan Schindele, head of the agri-PV business unit at BayWa r.e., explains the advantages these systems offer farmers, and where the pitfalls lie.

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.

The acquisition of the digital platform developer brings jHub in-house for the Greek energy group, giving it a platform for real-time monitoring, forecasting and curtailment across its 3 GW renewable and storage portfolio.

A leading figure in European materials research for renewables, Prof Dr Ilija Nasov has spent decades shaping solar technology. He shares his personal route through EU research programmes with PV Europe.

BESS Huañil, a $188 million, 200 MW storage project in Coquimbo, becomes the first of three recently approved Chilean projects to reach Ready-to-Build.