With 26 of 27 EU Member States having submitted their National Energy and Climate Plans solar targets have increased by 87%. Despite the boost NECPs fail to connect the dots with grid deployment, modernisation, and flexibility.
The battery industry is steadily moving forward: With the increasing electrification of vehicles and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the global demand for batteries is growing. New technologies, as well as strategic and geopolitical decisions, will impact the battery and electromobility sectors, creating both opportunities and challenges.
A 10 MW lithium-ion battery system is expected to be installed by the end of 2024 at Better Energy Hoby solar park on Lolland in Denmark.
Rolls-Royce Power Systems is focusing heavily on battery storage systems, energy management and microgrids. Armin Fürderer, Director of Energy Solutions, and Jan Henker, Senior Expert Automation & Controls, explain this in an interview.
In terms of photovoltaic installations per capita, the Netherlands is already the European leader with 1280 watts and the PV market continues to grow. The Solar Solutions trade fair in Amsterdam highlighted important trends and challenges.
A new generation of inverters is on the rise: Their functions go far beyond their original task of converting direct current to alternating current. Today, they’re crucial for our renewable 24/7 energy supply.
The PV market is stabilizing, glass-glass modules are also becoming increasingly standard in the residential sector and stronger growth in battery storage is expected for the Netherlands in the future despite the continuation of net metering. These are just some of the key trends that have emerged at Solar Solutions 2024 in Amsterdam.
Delta presents its integrated energy solutions, advanced photovoltaic (PV) inverters, state-of-the-art energy storage systems and electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions at Solar Solutions in Amsterdam.
Trina Solar is presenting its latest renewable energy portfolio at Solar Solutions Amsterdam, held March 19-21, 2024 at the Expo Greater Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Where is large-scale battery storage heading? How are the market and costs developing? How strongly are photovoltaics and storage growing together? An industry event in Madrid provided exciting insights into these questions.
The new large-scale battery storage system PowerTitan2.0 from Sungrow is even more compact, with a higher power densitiy and system efficiency than its predecessor. The company presented the new product for the European market at an "Experience Day" in Madrid on 7 March.
Rolls-Royce has received an order from the Latvian transmission system operator Augstsprieguma tikls (AST) to supply a large-scale mtu battery storage system to secure the Latvian power grid. Together with the other Baltic states, the country will synchronize its energy supply system with the continental European power grid in 2025.
The successful debut in 2023 laid the foundations for a promising future: The cooperation between ees Europe and InterBattery, South Korea’s leading battery exhibition, enters its second round this year.
Another school in the Ukraine, Bucha Lyceum No. 3, received a PV system with energy storage to ensure uninterrupted studies for children even during blackouts and to save money.
BYD BatteryBox by BYD, has been ranked among the most efficient energy storage systems in the evaluation by HTW (Berliner Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) for the seventh consecutive time. Together with inverter partners such as Fronius, Kostal and Goodwe the BatteryBox system could secure top positions.
2024 is a key year for the storage industry. Florian Antwerpen, founder and Managing Director of Kyon Energy, provides insights into the most important developments.
An important focus of an extended research and development centre of Varta in Graz/Austria is on new materials and recycling.
Portugal is considered a booming PV market. However, there are a number of hurdles for private PV system operators to overcome, especially when dealing with the country's largest electricity supplier, Energias de Portugal, SA (EDP). This is described by pv Europe reader Chris Norman from the Western Algarve (Budens, Vila do Bispo).
The tax reduction for green technology was introduced with the aim of accelerating the energy transition, but with the Swedish Tax Agency's new interpretation of the legislation, batteries are not eligible for the tax reduction.
Sungrow has clinched the No. 12 spot on the 2023 Fortune Future 50 list. Sungrow ranked alongside other reputed companies like Spotify, Lululemon, DocuSign, and Pinterest.
A project in a fishing village in Gambia shows how solar power can be used to promote sustainable rural development in southern Africa. This was made possible by a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute in Goslar.
Installations of stationary domestic solar batteries are gaining momentum across Sweden. But there are major regional differences.
Corsica Sole and Evecon are planning the construction of two battery storage power plants with a total capacity of 400 MWh in Estonia. They are intended to help stabilize the Baltic power grid, which is to be decoupled from the Russian power grid at the beginning of 2025.
Solen Energy Europe GmbH and GivEnergy Europe have announced a partnership aimed at providing energy storage systems to the German and Polish markets. The collaboration builds on an existing partnership in the UK.
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.
