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The pv Europe video team, also on site for Energy Decentral 2026

Energy Decentral – the solar offensive reaches agriculture

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The Hanover trade fair, running from 10 to 13 November 2026 alongside EuroTier, will focus on the self-consumption of solar power by agricultural businesses and on agri-PV, with pv Europe's video team on site to take a look.

Clear skies over Panagyurishte in the low mountains of Sredna Gora, and a clearer outlook for Bulgarian storage

Romania – 14 lenders take 1.3 GW Dama Solar into construction

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Anchored by the European Investment Bank, Rezolv Energy's up to €561 million green loan clears the last financial hurdle for the Arad county plant, which is set to go online in the second half of 2028.

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

Green roofs and big modules: K2’s fast, flexible answer for large flat roofs

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A joint webinar by K2 Systems and PV Europe sets out how installers can tackle the competing demands of speed, flexibility and plant protection when building large solar arrays on flat and green roofs. It is now available to watch free of charge.

Gordon Gassmann (left) is Vice President of Gotion EMEA.

Gotion: high-voltage storage with grid-forming capability

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PV Guided Tours: Gotion’s new Grid Q battery system can help stabilise the grid as well as store energy. In this video, we find out how the company is bringing local storage production to the European market.

Fourteen modules on the main roof, five on the south-west side

Kostal’s hybrid inverter leaves room to expand step by step

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A family home with a hipped roof now runs on an 8.7 kW solar system built around the Plenticore G3 M, with a battery, a wallbox and an electric vehicle set to follow.

Johannes Klag (right) is the product manager for energy management and charging solutions at Hager Germany

Hager: in-building energy supply with storage and EV integration

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PV Guided Tours: Energy management systems integrate not only solar installations and storage but also electric vehicles through bidirectional charging. How does it work, and which functions do such systems offer?

Tankers at anchor – a reminder of the fossil-fuel exposure tracked in the Power Barometer 2026

Europe’s clean power passes a stress test, but flexibility gap widens

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Eurelectric’s Power Barometer 2026 finds that clean electricity cushioned Europe from a fresh fossil-fuel shock this year, yet storage build-out is still falling well short of the pace needed to keep the system stable through 2030.

High-power charging needs more than a strong grid

Upcoming investor newsletter: storage meets e-mobility

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New alliances are forming in Europe to advance energy storage, with manufacturers of lithium cells for electric vehicles playing a key part. The investor newsletter will be published on 14 October 2026.

A single faulty weld can put a whole battery component out of service

Battery makers in Europe choose precision over price

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At the recent Laser Symposium Electromobility in Aachen, organiser Fraunhofer ILT and speakers from industry made the case for flexible lines and weld monitoring in markets where Asian scale offers less of an edge.

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Worth the sign-up – a small update from pv Europe

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A handful of our articles now ask for a free newsletter sign-up before you can read them. It's a small step, and everything else stays exactly as it is.

European manufacturing on display at Intersolar Europe, the kind of production the NZIA is meant to scale up across the Single Market

Only six member states are putting NZIA solar rules into practice

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Fragmented national approaches are blunting Europe’s flagship clean-tech industrial law, SolarPower Europe cautions, while deployment continues to outpace efforts to rebuild domestic supply chains

Jan Himken (right) is partner manager at Bees & Bears

Bees & Bears: third-party financing and the installer opportunity

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CEO Talk: instalment purchasing made easy. With solid partners behind them, installers can offer customers loans for their solar setup alongside the build itself. What does this mean for installers? More work or more orders? Watch to find out.

Smart home charging puts timing ahead of speed

Mercedes-Benz brings smart home charging to Germany

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The carmaker’s new offers for electric and plug-in hybrid drivers shift home charging to the hours that suit the grid, with one tied to a dynamic tariff from The Mobility House Energy.

Pascal de Boer is General Manager Europe at SolarEdge

Pascal de Boer: "The most interesting driver is cybersecurity itself"

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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.

The cradle of the Renaissance and host city for December's Integrated Photovoltaics Conference

Italy – Florence to host conference on solar in the built environment

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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.

Our guest author Gerard Scheper, CEO of European Solar

Opinion: Europe needs battery suppliers who stay after the sale

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As manufacturers bypass distributors and sell C&I storage directly to installers and EPCs, buyers must establish who handles integration, commissioning and repairs. Removing a distributor does not remove the work, says market expert Gerard Scheper.

Silicon has little headroom left, which puts more weight on manufacturing

LONGi breaks silicon efficiency record for the third time this year

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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.

Lv Mo, Benelux Distribution Team Lead at Sungrow

Sungrow’s Benelux strategy: “The challenge is timing”

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With Dutch net metering ending in 2027, Sungrow has chosen the Low Countries to launch its new residential storage in Europe. Lv Mo explains how the plan fits each market’s grid, tariff and installer needs.

Wind, solar and expanding urban demand meet on the same grid, with tariff design shaping how efficiently it all connects

Eurelectric urges smarter tariff design for electrification

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A new position paper from Eurelectric warns that Europe's network tariff reform must balance harmonisation with national flexibility, safeguard investment signals and avoid distorting wholesale markets as electrification accelerates.