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Getting down to it – a tricky but punctual installation on the stadium roof.

Austria’s top stadium turns to solar

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The country’s largest stadium now enjoys an annual energy surplus thanks to solar power, following an installation that posed novel planning and construction challenges.

Plenty of sunshine at the Cape of Good Hope – Gregor Küpper, Managing Director of Solarworld Africa (left) and Patrik Danz, CSO at IBC Solar (right).

New subsidiaries boost IBC Solar’s global footprint

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IBC Solar has expanded its presence in Europe and beyond with new subsidiaries in France and Austria, as well as a majority stake in Solarworld Africa.

Hugging the wall – the Anker SOLIX X1 Home Energy Storage System.

Anker Solix and Segen Solar to expand storage JV in Europe

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After launching their joint venture in the UK and Ireland earlier this year, Anker Solix and Segen Solar now plan to extend their collaboration to other European markets.

An upright cause: just two percent of the land is used by photovoltaics.

EWS: Citizen-backed agri-PV project funded in two weeks

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The agricultural solar project in Austria attracted significant local interest, with the community quickly contributing to its funding goal.

Philipp Kraemer is Director Strategic Growth & Digitization at Austrian-headquartered CCE.

Expert analysis: How to approach battery energy storage systems in Europe

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What are the opportunities and challenges for business cases for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in European markets like Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania and Austria? Expert Philipp Kraemer of CCE shares his analysis.

 History meets modernity: the new solar installation on the roof of the Natural History Museum in Vienna.

Weekly Topic: Austria: Combining a landmark historic building with photovoltaics

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The Natural History Museum in Vienna has been fitted with a brand new solar installation. It now supplies twelve per cent of the electricity needed in the listed building.

Get on with the job, don't mess around: the solar systems that have received investment funding must now be built and, above all, connected to the grid.

Weekly Topic: Austria: Over two gigawatts of new photovoltaic capacity expected

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The Austrian processing centre for green electricity subsidies has approved investment grants for more than two gigawatts of solar capacity this year. The problem child of the industry association PV Austria is still the expansion of open spaces - in addition to the known hurdles.

7,5 MW PV rooftop installation at vehicle manufacturer Steyr Automotive in Austria.

Weekly Topic: Austria: Pioneering commercial PV rooftop installation in Austria

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A large PV roof project has gone into operation on the 85,000-square-meter site roofs of Steyr Automotive in Austria. The 7.5 MW system was installed using the Schletter FixGrid and ClampFit systems. Schletter Group were once again working with the energy supplier Burgenland Energie on this project.

April 2023: Arnold Schwarzenegger inaugurates a large solar roof at the Alta Sea research centre in Los Angeles.

Weekly Topic: Austria: Arnie at 70 - Hero’s journey from rural Austria to global stardom

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Our Editor in Chief recently went to see the birthplace of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the east of Austria. Based on a post for his blog, we present here a two-part series. We start out with the man himself as well as his humble beginnings and sheer determination. Next time we will then focus on his political career and activism for solar energy.

Farmer Johann Deix only has some of his berries under the foil tunnel. The others benefit from the advantages of a semi-transparent solar system.

Solar system in Austria protects berries and allows citizen participation

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A farmer in Pyhra, Lower Austria, has covered part of his berry plantation with semi-transparent modules. This has advantages and the neighbourhood also benefits.

Weekly Topic: Austria: Sonnenkraft installs PV on listed theatre

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A number of conditions had to be observed when building the system. This is why it was installed parallel to a flat roof. The solar power only covers part of the theatre's requirements.

M-TEC

Home storage ready for variable tariffs

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The Upper Austrian company M-Tec now also offers a storage unit for smaller households. The compact, modular system can be gradually expanded with additional battery modules as well as with the Energy Wizard inverter and the Energy Charger charging station.

Distribution

Menlo starts roadshow across Central Europe

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Roadshow will have stops across Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Romania and Czechia presenting a 4-hour training session and a chance for networking at each stop.

 Varta's research centre in Graz has been expanded.
Entise

New research into sodium-ion batteries launched

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A total of 15 universities and companies are involved in the project. The aim is to develop industrially usable and environmentally friendly cells. However, sodium is a tricky element and its use in storage technology is still in its infancy.

 The photovoltaic cycle path has won the "Special Prize for Visionary Concepts" at the 2024 Innovation Award for Integrated Photovoltaics.
PV installation

Standardised installation of solar cycle paths

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A project team from Vorarlberg in Austria has developed a system with which cycle paths can be quickly and scalably covered with solar modules. The solution offers the chance to generate plenty of solar power from sealed surfaces - and protection for cyclists.

Italy

KELAG starts a new 12.45-megawatt solar project in Italy

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INTEC Energy Solutions, a solar EPC systems provider, has embarked on a service endeavor for a project in Jalmicco area (Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy). The project is run in cooperation with KELAG of Austria

Austria

Koga Energy launches its EPC solution services

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Koga Energy, the Austria based Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) solutions provider, has officially launched, providing services for solar energy projects across Europe.

 The set-up in the new premises of the R&D centre of Varta in Graz is nearing completion.
Energy storage

Austria: Varta extends its R&D capacities

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An important focus of an extended research and development centre of Varta in Graz/Austria is on new materials and recycling.

Save the date!

A platform for PV innovation in the heart of Europe

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The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition has appointed Gabriele Eder as Chair of the 41st edition of the event which will take place from 23-27 September 2024 in Vienna, Austria.

Commercial PV rooftop installation at the AMAG Ranshofen site (Austria), financed and installed by the German-Austrian CCE Group.
Energy transition Europe

"Grids are the bottleneck in the expansion of renewables"

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To achieve the goals of the EU Green Deal, the expansion of the grid infrastructure and the flexibilization of energy generation are fundamental, Martin Dürnberger and Jörg Menyesch of CCE state in a guest article. They give an overview about the situation in different European countries.

Production line of the Gen24 Plus hybrid inverter from Fronius in Sattledt/Austria.
Factory visit at Fronius

Sustainability and more

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Inverter manufacturer Fronius has almost doubled its production capacity in Sattledt, Austria. But more is needed to survive as a European manufacturer in a tough market, as a visit on site shows.

This year, the farmer grew pumpkins between the modules. In the next two years, the crops will be different.
Agri-PV

Vertical agri-PV plant wins Austrian Solar Prize 2023

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G&G Sonnenstrom built its agri-PV system with Next2Sun technology. But it was more than the dual-use option that convinced the jurors to award the project with the Solar Prize.

The new production hall at Fronius in Sattledt/Austria is up and running.
Austria

Fronius doubles production capacity for inverters

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Fronius has put its new production facility into operation. This increases production capacity from four to seven gigawatts per year. Further expansion is already planned.

There are also a lot of projects planned in Europe. However, the Middle East actually tops the list.
Solar Industrial Heat Outlook

Global demand for solar process heat on the rise

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Worldwide, 31 solar process heat plants will go into operation in the next few weeks. The suppliers' order books are also quite full.

Easy does it  – installing the plug-and-play system from mo energy systems.
BIPV

Solar façades made easy with mo energy’s new concept

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The Austrian company has developed a modular solar façade solution that is scalable for new and existing buildings and compatible with concrete, brick or timber surfaces.