Solar storage

The annual conference at the Greek capital now begins a day later, running Wednesday and Thursday at the InterContinental Athens, with a number of key industry speakers already confirmed.

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.

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.

A new report from ACCURE Battery Intelligence finds a two percent shortfall in battery storage revenue can cut a project's debt service coverage ratio and shave a point off investor returns.

Fion Energy's Johannes Meriläinen explains how his system's AI-based control allows storage to combine several applications at once, from peak shaving to spot-market trading, while continuously optimising for the best economic result.

Solarwatt scales up its hybrid inverter range. Synergi launches a cloud platform for distributed solar assets. Obo Bettermann puts cable support on a low-carbon footing, and LONGi bundles modules and storage into a single architecture. These are PV Europe's picks of the week.

Portfolio One brings LONGi‘s modules and in-house 5S storage under a single architecture, tailored to utility-scale, commercial and off-grid use, with the cloud-based Oneos platform handling control and virtual power plant functions.

German manufacturer SMA's new €80 million plant in Niestetal near Kassel will produce inverters, storage systems and energy management technology for large-scale solar, storage and data-centre projects.

The Inverter Vision Max fills Solarwatt's 15 to 30 kilowatt range, supporting PV systems of up to 60 kilowatts.

Energy3000 has brought Novafixx on board as a partner and is putting Hithium's liquid-cooled C&I storage system in the spotlight, with Sigenergy a standout in the residential segment. Watch the video for more.

Residential batteries from the Danish battery maker can now trade automatically in Nordic wholesale and balancing markets, following a new partnership with energy trader Hybrid Greentech.

PV Guided Tours: In the utility segment, Huawei FusionSolar is focusing on two innovations this year: an inverter platform with 1,000 V AC technology, and the LUTERRA storage platform with exceptional power and capacity density. Let's take a closer look.

Samduo introduces a slim plug-in home battery. Kostal's battery inverter delivers 25 kW of backup power. AlphaESS targets large-scale storage with a modular cabinet, and Solis enters home storage with its Flexhome, Intellihome and Flexaio range.

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.

A new storage brand brings three-tier modular capacity from five to 40 kilowatt-hours, LFP cells rated for over 6,000 cycles and a decade of expected service life.

The Storion-LC 836 delivers 835.9 kWh per cabinet and scales to 6.7 MWh when eight units are connected in parallel, with front-side cabling and standardised transport reducing installation complexity.

The renowned institute has applied a new electrode architecture to lithium-ion, sodium-ion and zinc-ion battery cells, reporting energy density gains of 10 to 15 percent in each case.

Splitting solar and battery functions between the Piko CI G2 and Plenticore BI 25 shortens cable runs and permits independent placement, with the BI 25 reaching up to 98.3 percent efficiency.

PV Guided Tours: The market expects complete and well-integrated systems that are intelligently managed and, increasingly, supported by AI. We find out what makes it possible to build smart energy systems of this kind.

A ten-hectare facility in Xiamen combines grid simulation, thermal safety and EMC testing at a scale the company says exceeds any comparable platform globally.

The Nex E6000 offers six kilowatt-hours of plug-in storage in a housing just 11.9 centimetres deep, redesigned from the ground up to fit European homes.

An economic solution is emerging in the dispute over EEG feed-in tariffs and grid bottlenecks: battery storage systems that let solar feed-in be managed commercially while easing pressure on the grid, ahead of our next investor newsletter on 16 September.

The VP Europe at JA discusses why Europe pushes the company technologically, its evolution into an integrated PV and storage supplier, and the European roadshow introducing partners to its next phase.

PV Guided Tours: The HS5 all-in-one offers a complete way to power private homes. It brings together solar, battery storage, a wallbox and backup power in a single unit, with an AI-based energy manager orchestrating the individual components.

PV Guided Tours: LONGi ONE is an integrated storage platform for C&I applications, featuring intelligent energy management and a TÜV-certified early warning system at cell level. Watch the video to find out why storage is becoming a key component of modern energy infrastructure.