Labour costs, above all, tip the balance between a project that stacks up financially and one that doesn't, and between careful work and rushed work. That's why autonomous robotic assembly units topped the agenda at The smarter E Europe this year. Human hands and human judgement are still needed, but differently than before.
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Suppliers to the project business are adapting accordingly. DC and AC connection assemblies, cabling and the often-underrated small parts now arrive pre-configured and ready for the site, built to the specifications of developers and investors and packed in convenient batch sizes.
This is how industrialisation is entering a process that, until recently, still relied heavily on manual labour: the installation and commissioning of solar projects. The sector stands at the threshold between workshop and industry, ready to plan, build and operate solar parks anywhere in the world to a consistently high standard, with standardised components and standardised processes.
In this issue:
Trends in project business at the trade fair in Munich
Planning and constructing solar parks faster
Grid support of large-scale storage systems
From experts for experts:
Guluma Megersa from Sigenergy: innovative solutions for solar parks
Philipp Kunze from Nextpower: increased value creation for large-scale plants
Thomas Yuan from AlphaESS: from C&I to utilities – all on one platform
Oliver Glenz from HIS Renewables: innovations in the DC field
Franz-Josef Feilmeier from Fenecon: large-scale storage made in Europe
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Innovations in mounting (Juni 2026)
O&M for solar parks (April 2026)
Commercial storage systems (February 2026)
Minimising risks – Security of solar projects and power storage (December 2025)
Solarise parking and charging – Charging infrastructure for C&I and municipalities (September 2025)
Floating-PV, agri-PV and solar parks – Mounting on trickier terrain (July 2025)
The smarter E Europe – More innovations then ever before (May 2025)
Large Storage Systems – New Business for Utilities and Grid Operators (March 2025)
ELTIF & PPA – Funding Solar Projects (February 2025)
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