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A hybrid back-contact design verified by Germany's Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin has pushed crystalline silicon efficiency to 28.29 percent, close to the technology's theoretical ceiling.

Two new analyses examine Europe's evolving PV landscape: SolarEdge maps five trends reshaping distributed solar, and a SolarPower Europe webinar explores how quality decisions define 30 years of asset value.

The IPV Conference will gather architects, planners and researchers at the Chamber of Commerce on 3 and 4 December to examine how photovoltaics can be integrated into buildings, infrastructure and vehicles.

The TMPV2 Module Lift is a portable, motor-free system for hauling solar modules onto rooftops by rope and pulley, designed to meet German occupational safety rules on ladder loads.

After passing 9 GW of installed PV in 2025, the EU's newest solar frontrunner is now targeting more than 12 GW by 2030. The Intersolar Summit Romania will bring 350 delegates to Bucharest on 13–14 October to map out the opportunities.

SolarEdge's European chief explains why hyperscaler power demand and cybersecurity concerns around Chinese inverters are reshaping the company's strategy on the continent, alongside AI, US manufacturing and the new Nexis platform.

Automated EU shipping, trade credit with Allianz and Alior Bank, and 8,000 orders so far this year: Agata Krawiec-Rokita on how fragmentation is opening doors for smaller distributors and installers.

Sungrow Europe's team leader for technical sales explains how the company is scaling European production, software and infrastructure while strengthening its position on grid integration, cybersecurity and C&I solutions.

A decade after taking over a former Bosch and Johanna Solar site in Brandenburg an der Havel, Oxford PV is shipping perovskite-silicon tandem modules worldwide, marking ten years of commercial production with ambitious plans ahead.

Europe's grid queues hold 1,700 GW of stalled projects. Sharing connections between wind and PV could ease the bottleneck, but regulation, permitting and grid operators keep hybrid parks a rarity, explains Philipp Rasche of ENEO.

As TOPCon dominance gives way to a more differentiated market, Ignacio Espinosa of JA (formerly JA Solar) sets out what really separates one module from another.

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.

Tariff-responsive energy management, multi-tenant solar, building mandates, stronger C&I storage economics and shifting system sizes are redefining how distributed solar is deployed across the continent, Robert Bruchner of SolarEdge argues.

An eight-point, 400 kW charging installation at Astwick becomes both a UK-first for Kempower and a first for its 2024 partnership with financing provider DLL.

The Institute for Solar Energy Systems calibration laboratory has confirmed 152 world efficiency records since 1986, from a then-impressive 16.4 percent silicon module in 1992 to today's world-leading 34.4 percent record.

Fion Energy's Johannes Meriläinen explains how his system's AI-based control allows storage to combine several applications at once, from peak shaving to spot-market trading, while continuously optimising for the best economic result.

UNEF's annual report shows the solar sector employed over 134,000 people and contributed €9.84 billion to Spanish GDP last year. But today, falling captured prices and near-900 zero-price hours are straining plant profitability.

Solarwatt scales up its hybrid inverter range. Synergi launches a cloud platform for distributed solar assets. Obo Bettermann puts cable support on a low-carbon footing, and LONGi bundles modules and storage into a single architecture. These are PV Europe's picks of the week.

Harald Scherleitner discusses Fronius's return to growth, the strategic case for building in Europe and why cybersecurity has become a defining purchasing criterion for inverters.

A recent SolarPower Europe webinar brought together industry, research and the Horizon Europe SUPERNOVA project to examine what defines reliable, bankable solar assets over their full lifetime.

The Saracen Sands Hotel & Conference Centre near Palermo has installed a solar carport and battery system it expects will slash €500,000 a year off its energy costs.

Warehousing and nationwide 48-to-72-hour delivery are helping one newcomer expand well beyond rooftop panels, with a hotel project the latest example of a local-delivery approach in practice.

As REPowerEU stalls with 82 percent of funding unspent, industry and security experts are urging Berlin and Brussels to treat energy efficiency as a strategic security resource on par with diversified supply and reserves.

Experts are calling for energy efficiency to be embedded in industrial, security and defence policy, warning that Germany's dependence on fossil fuel imports has long been a structural security risk.

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.