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Our guest author Harry Wolkenfelt, CEO and founder of Solarif Group

Risk management, not insurance, will decide the future of solar and BESS

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As solar and battery storage projects scale up, the industry's exposure to fire, serial defects and unmanaged risk is outpacing its reliance on insurance alone, argues Harry Wolkenfelt of Solarif Group.

Guest author, solar market expert Gerard Scheper

Opinion: Battery storage is becoming growth infrastructure

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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.

Designing solar arrays around usable plant light can raise energy yields without harming crops

Study: plant physiology, not shading, should drive agri-PV design

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Configuring solar arrays around the light spectrum plants actually use can substantially raise energy yields while leaving crop growth unaffected, Australian researchers report.

Belgium's Innoptus Solar Team, Minnesota-bound, with LONGi's BC flexible modules catching light across the bodywork

BC cells hit Route 66 with LONGi's European racers

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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.

Solar asset inspection: the raw material for Málaga's quality agenda

Solar Quality Summit Europe turns its lens on assets and performance

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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.

Session stage at the Intersolar Europe 2026 in Munich: Hans-Christoph Neidlein (pv Europe) with Lance Hong (Sungrow)

From liability to asset – the new economics of fleet charging

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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.

Four tiers of safety, one very large ventilation grille

Aqua E261 offers 261 kWh of cooled storage per cabinet

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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.

Fixed-tilt and facing the same direction: not always a given in energy policy

IEA: Middle East crisis driving investment in electrification

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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.

Dieter Krebs presents the new Powerwall 3P

Tesla: a networked energy ecosystem for the home

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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.

Assembly –  the part "Made in Europe" is supposed to guarantee

European regions and industry push for tougher "Made in Europe" rules

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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.

Clean energy investment can help offset LNG import dependency

Clean energy could halve Europe's Qatari LNG exposure by 2030

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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.

Combining vertical systems and conventional solar parks provides clear economic benefits

Vertical PV and existing solar parks: a case for overbuilding

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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.

The carborane core (left) and its two functional arms, approaching the perovskite surface

Germany – HZB compound squeezes more from perovskite tandems

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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.

Agri-PV works when the panels adapt to the farm, not the other way round

Agri-PV – a second harvest, if the planning is right

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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's Winchester Superhub in Hampshire

Powerdot acquires InstaVolt charging network across Spain and Portugal

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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.

Commissioning is handled through the CSS-OD local interface

Solaredge packs 107 kWh into new C&I storage

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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.

A working roof that doesn't look like one – this Photonroof-clad roof blends into the architecture and landscape

Poland – ML System scales BIPV with landmark tile contract

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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.

Guluma Megersa is among the leading experts in C&I storage technology

Sigenergy: clever engineering for large-scale solar

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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.

Martin Green (left) has spent five decades advancing solar module technology.

Solar Investors Guide – Martin Green on glass-free modules

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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.