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The berry plants sit well below the panels, with room to spare

Austria – berries and grid share the gains at one plantation

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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.

The new podcast deals with the complexity of projects in agri-PV.

Solar Investors Guide #8 – Agri-PV for farmers and investors

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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.

Wanfei Qu (right) is Executive President at SKYWORTH Solar

SKYWORTH Solar: staying competitive through local value creation

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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.

Monitoring at this scale is what platforms such as jHub were built to handle

METLEN goes shopping for software with Joule deal

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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.

Prof Dr Ilija Nasov heads the Macedonian Solar Association and the Plasma R&D Centre in Skopje

25 years in solar innovation: coatings, PVT and what came next

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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.

Coquimbo's arid landscapes, where BESS Huañil will soon store power for the National Electric System

Chile – Huañil marks Limes' first RTB milestone outside Italy

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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.

Parking garages are attractive assets that enhance their worth through solar facades.

Solar Investors Guide #5 – Solarised parking and charging

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The era of petrol and diesel dominance is drawing to a close. Mobility is transitioning to electric, with millions of private electric cars, company fleets, and commercial vehicles creating new demands on the energy supply. Filling stations, parking garages, and parking lots now represent opportunities to provide EVs with solar power.

Genera has opened the call for entries for the twelfth Innovation Gallery

Spain – Genera scouts practical technology for returning Innovation Gallery

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Madrid's energy trade fair is inviting research institutions and exhibitors to submit technologically mature, market-ready developments for its 2026 showcase, with applications closing on 16 October.

Perforated for a reason: cable access wherever the installation needs it

Conduct's new cable tray keeps rooftop wiring off the roof

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The Roofsupport cable tray routes cable between solar modules and inverters, distributed through Krannich Solar across the DACH region for both residential and commercial installations.

Maja Pokrovac, Director of OIEH, and Andrea D’Amico, AIAS representative , signing the cooperation agreement in the Croatian city of Opatija

Croatian and Italian associations join on agri-PV rollout

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A new partnership between OIEH and AIAS aims to accelerate agrivoltaics deployment through shared expertise, joint conferences and coordinated proposals on regulation, drawing on Italy's established track record in the sector.

Flat and green roof solar demand is rising, and installers need the mounting to match

Webinar 23/9/26: Speed and flexibility in megawatt flat-roof installations

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Large flat-roof and green-roof solar projects are growing fast. Join K2 Systems for a free webinar on the mounting systems built to keep installation quick without sacrificing adaptability.

Hybrid systems are now standard in the majority of applications

Solax Power: new systems for residential and commercial buildings

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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.

Volatile gas markets are sharpening the case for hybrid solar projects in Greece

Greece – battery profitability climbs amid gas market volatility

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Elevated wholesale prices and wider intraday spreads are lifting near-term battery returns to as much as 12 percent in Greece, with two-hour batteries entering in 2027 outperforming 2030-vintage projects by around two points.

Self-consumption in Croatia is attractive in theory but cumbersome in practice

Croatia's energy regulator sets out self-consumption reform agenda

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HERA's new framework paper identifies the obstacles preventing citizens and businesses from generating their own electricity and sets deadlines for regulatory, technical and administrative fixes through 2027.

Emaldo's commercial battery cabinets, now with a route into the Dutch trading markets

Netherlands – battery optimisation tie-up takes on grid congestion

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Emaldo has teamed up with Eddy Grid to give its Dutch commercial customers access to energy trading across multiple electricity markets, with expansion into Belgium and Germany under consideration.

Unlike Troia in Puglia, pictured here, the Vizzini plant will keep the land in agricultural use

Sheep, solar and €234 million financing for Sicily's agri-PV giant

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Four international banks are backing European Energy's 225 MW Vizzini plant, which combines utility-scale generation with animal grazing, positioning agrivoltaics as a bankable asset class in Italy.

Solar collected at altitude, logistics conducted at ground level at Lombard Shipping

UK – 118 MWh rooftop PV backs EV fleet at Lombard Shipping

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The logistics provider is combining PV, storage and EV charging at its main distribution site, targeting a 50 percent reduction in electricity costs while meeting growing operational needs.

All the wiring an installer needs, pre-empted and pre-numbered

Enwitec launches the Powerbackup Brain for retrofit installations

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The pre-wired unit brings full backup and energy management to existing buildings without reworking the sub-distribution board, and is aimed at installers retrofitting wallboxes, heat pumps and storage.

Land comes at a premium; water surfaces less so

Floating solar steals the show in ADE's 70 MW deal

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AMPYR Distributed Energy has acquired 17 operational solar sites totalling 70 MW from TotalEnergies, including a Belgian floating solar park it describes as the largest of its kind in Europe for industrial self-consumption.