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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.

Cyber risk in solar and battery storage is now an operational, insurance and financing issue, argues Harry Wolkenfelt of Solarif. Plants can lose revenue without a component failing, as remote access and third-party platforms reshape project risk.

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.

Installers are fitting more than 18,000 modules above the production lines at Refresco while bottling goes on day and night below. The finished array should deliver around 7.5 GWh a year.

The halls in Hanover were busy and the questions sharper than two years ago, but delayed EEG reforms and missing grid connections are keeping many farmers from committing.

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, sets out his answers.

Kostal brings more inverters under one controller, while Anker Solix scales up plug-in storage. my-PV’s new app finds partner devices on its own, and Flir’s cameras spot fires before they spread.

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.

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

Identical MW and MWh figures can hide very different commitments. As European buyers move into larger storage projects, Gerard Scheper of European Solar Storage argues that tenders need a common definition of performance.

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.

A new revenue-cap method for 2028–2031 and a proposed central data hub could change how network operators earn money and how storage and demand response reach the market.

Leimholz Haag, which lost an earlier site to a blaze, made arc fault protection and safe DC shutdown central to its 521 kW rooftop system. Two batteries will follow this autumn.

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.

The A40 and A70 from Teledyne Flir have gained listing under ANSI/CAN/UL 2684, which sets the rules in North America for video and thermal imaging detectors in fire alarm systems.

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.

PV Guided Tours: The HS5 all-in-one offers a complete way to power private homes. It brings together solar, battery storage, a wallbox and backup power in a single unit, with an AI-based energy manager orchestrating the individual components.

Residential storage prices fell in all three segments in October 2026, with low-voltage systems at €92.6/kWh, while commercial pricing climbed in the 20–60 kWh band and eased in the 60–120 kWh band, according to sun.store data.

In 2024, Greenpeace and the Biohaus Foundation took down a 100 kW solar system in eastern Germany and rebuilt it at a children’s hospital in Kremenchuk. The video shows the technical and logistical hurdles involved.

After a full upgrade, the module maker is back in production, launching a GT series alongside Das Modul and counting on local manufacturing to win customers at home and in four neighbouring markets.

The Hamburg-based renewables group will supply Spanish energy and telecoms operator Visalia from two solar parks and three wind farms in Aragón, delivering 60 GWh a year for three and a half years.

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.

The Austrian manufacturer’s new app for installers and end customers automatically detects devices on the home network, including hardware from more than 90 partner brands.

The number of electric cars worldwide is rising rapidly. Making affordable charging power available means speeding up the rollout of charge points on private land, in semi-public areas and in public spaces.

PV Guided Tours: LONGi ONE is an integrated storage platform for C&I applications, featuring intelligent energy management and a TÜV-certified early warning system at cell level. Watch the video to find out why storage is becoming a key component of modern energy infrastructure.