New EU rules are tightening requirements for devices, integration and system operation, and battery storage is now also considered part of critical infrastructure. What steps should operators and investors take to prepare?
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Once a commodity, solar inverters have become connected gateways into Europe’s power grid. As the market recovers, investors face new pressures from cybersecurity risks and tougher rules for grid integration.
In this issue:
European inverter makers face a cybersecurity challenge
Inverters become a question of Europe’s energy sovereignty
Who really controls Europe’s inverters?
EU experts move to curb high-risk suppliers in solar PV
Hackers expose weak points in solar infrastructure
SMA powers up a factory built for 60 GW a year
By experts for experts:
Harald Scherleitner of Fronius: A reasonable price for European security
Pascal de Boer of SolarEdge: The most interesting driver is cybersecurity itself
Andrea Polini of Sungrow: Bankability counts more than price
Franz-Josef Feilmeier from Fenecon: large-scale storage made in Europe
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New trends in PV projects (July 2026)
Innovations in mounting (June 2026)
O&M for solar parks (April 2026)
Commercial storage systems (February 2026)
Security of solar projects and power storage (December 2025)
Charging infrastructure for C&I and municipalities (September 2025)
Floating-PV, agri-PV and solar parks – Mounting on trickier terrain (July 2025)
Large Storage Systems (March 2025)
ELTIF & PPA – Funding Solar Projects (February 2025)
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