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Thomas Yuan is the chairman of AlphaESS

AlphaESS: safer, smarter storage from rooftop to grid

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CEO Talk: What does the future of energy storage in Europe look like? Safer, smarter and more connected, from commercial rooftops to utility-scale projects. AlphaESS shows how a single open system can link all of these applications. Find out more about the company’s strategy.

Construction of a floating solar plant in Sekdoorn, the Netherlands

Floating solar makes a splash in Europe

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As land for solar runs short, developers are turning to reservoirs and quarry lakes. Higher yields help the case, but costs and regulation still hold projects back, Aditi Jaiswal of Consegic Business Intelligence elaborates.

Dr Harald Scherleitner, Chief of Sales and board member at Fronius International

"A reasonable price for European security" – Fronius CSO on Made-in-Europe rules

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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.

Utility-scale solar at Rockbeare in Devon is lined up for the government’s support, while rooftops lose their VAT break

UK – Burnham’s first budget ends VAT relief for home solar

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Rooftop systems and batteries will be taxed at 5 percent again from April, while cuts to the Warm Homes Plan mean less help for households investing in clean energy.

Plenty of foot traffic at the fair, with photovoltaics, storage and e-mobility on every side

Green Energy Fair puts Zagreb on the region’s solar map

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In just its second year, the Croatian event drew more than 5,000 visitors and growing numbers of suppliers looking for partners across south-eastern Europe.

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.

Hoymiles’ all-in-one C&I storage is built to save space and installation time

PV Europe's picks of the week – focus on storage

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C&I storage with built-in backup from Hoymiles, AI-supported home backup from Sigenstor Neo, 261 kWh cabinets from Clou and Midea and more capacity from Solarwatt’s Battery Vision 2.0, all new this week.

For utility customers, storage is no longer just a nice-to-have

Solar Investors Guide – New trends in PV projects

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Solar park construction is picking up pace worldwide, but the bottleneck is not materials or components. It is land, grid connection points and the people to do the work. Sign up for our investor newsletter to receive this digital edition directly.

E-heat and mobility are two ways to optimise self-consumption

Smartfox: complete energy management for self-consumption

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CEO Talk: the most efficient kilowatt-hour of solar power is the one used on site. That calls for clever ways of integrating a wide range of components as flexibly as possible: heat pumps, EV charging, air conditioning and more. How can buildings make maximum use of the solar energy on their roofs? Find out in the video. (German with English subtitles)

Easy does it: a few tonnes of risk-assessed lithium chemistry coming in to land

BESS fire protection | 1: the groundwork

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Lithium-ion storage carries real risks of thermal runaway, fire and explosion. Certified technical containers can shield installations from external hazards and ease the route through building approval processes.

Intelligent electrification, combining solar, battery storage and AI, sits at the heart of this vision for industrial flexibility.

Industrial flexibility: a €300 billion opportunity for Europe

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A new whitepaper finds industrial flexibility could cut EU renewables curtailment by 61 percent and avoid 60 GW of peak capacity, while opening new revenue streams for energy-intensive sectors.

Open cabinets, bold slogans: visitors browse home energy hardware at The smarter E Europe, where compatibility between brands is becoming a key selling point

Why Europe’s home energy systems must stay open to the next device

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Households are stacking solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps from different brands, only to find the devices can’t communicate with each other. Jochen Schwill of SpotmyEnergy argues that compatibility should become a defining measure of quality.

Looks the part in the hallway, but the tariff decides the savings

Why home batteries live or die by the tariff

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Capacity, cycle life and price dominate most battery comparisons. Randy Levine of SolarClarity.co argues that the household’s electricity tariff decides whether storage is worth the money. 

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.

Same shape, bigger numbers – Solarwatt's second-generation battery

Battery Vision 2.0 brings a sharp capacity jump for Solarwatt

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Usable capacity per module rises from 2.6 to 4.3 kWh, a 42 percent increase, with towers scaling from 8.6 to 259 kWh across up to ten units.

Commercial storage opens new trading options while reducing electricity costs

Solar Investors Guide #7 – Commercial storage systems

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Energy costs shape competitiveness in both global and local markets. As fossil and nuclear prices continue to rise, solar and wind are no longer marginal technologies but increasingly represent the smart money in power generation.

Leon Zhang (right) is President of LONGi Solar Europe

LONGi Solar: modules and storage from a single source

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CEO Talk: The utility business in Europe is growing and increasingly challenging. Solar fields now come with large batteries, and suppliers must meet standards for grid compliance, safety and security. How is the business changing and what strategy will ultimately succeed? Leon Zhang, President of LONGi Europe, shares his view.

Looks great in the hallway, and pays off best on the right tariff

Opinion: a good battery on the wrong tariff is a bad deal

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Two identical home storage systems can deliver very different savings, depending on the household’s electricity contract, argues Randy Levine, founder of SolarClarity.co. He explains what buyers should check first.

A virtual power plant pools scattered assets and trades them as one

Lithuania – Ignitis gears up its batteries for grid balancing

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A new module from Oldenburg-based emsys VPP opens the way for the utility to offer its batteries as frequency reserves, twenty months after the Baltic states joined the continental European grid.