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Fixed-tilt and facing the same direction: not always a given in energy policy

IEA: Middle East crisis driving investment in electrification

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Countries are responding to the second energy crisis in five years by expanding electricity investment and turning to new supply routes and domestic resources, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports.

PPAs offer a means of advancing the energy transition without public subsidies

Croatia still lagging on PPAs as barriers persist

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A new report from the Croatian Renewable Energy Association maps the barriers holding back a market that has gained traction elsewhere in Europe, from regulatory complexity to the near-absence of municipal and community contracts.

Panel by panel toward energy security in the EU

Solar cuts EU gas bill by €20 billion during Middle East war

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The bloc avoided billions of cubic metres of imported gas over 137 days, according to SolarPower Europe, with solar supplying a quarter of the EU's electricity in June, its largest single power source.

Intelligent electrification, combining solar, battery storage and AI, sits at the heart of this vision for industrial flexibility.

Industrial flexibility: a €300 billion opportunity for Europe

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A new whitepaper finds industrial flexibility could cut EU renewables curtailment by 61 percent and avoid 60 GW of peak capacity, while opening new revenue streams for energy-intensive sectors.

Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, alongside Wopke Hoekstra and Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioners, at the press conference on the ETS review and energy package

EU Electrification Plan puts storage and grid reform in focus

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The European Commission's plan targets 46 percent electrification by 2040, with industry groups calling for stronger investment support and an end to double taxation of storage.

Gerard Scheper, CEO of Netherlands-based European Solar

Beyond recovery: solar enters a new industrial chapter

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After a punishing downturn, Europe's solar market is finding its footing. European Solar’s Gerard Scheper argues the deeper change lies in the industrial and political reset now taking shape around it.

Solar field, substation, containers: the anatomy of a hybrid PPA

Buyers chasing value, not price, in Europe's PPA market

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Corporate energy buyers are increasingly choosing hybrid PPAs for their settlement value rather than their price, even as LevelTen Energy's Q2 index shows solar prices recovering on gas-driven wholesale gains.

Future electric? Corporate fleets dominate new vehicle registrations in Europe

Corporate fleets lead EV uptake as costs near half

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A new study by Eurelectric and EY estimates that fleet electrification could unlock cumulative operating cost savings of up to €246 billion by 2030.

E-mobility is gaining ground in Europe and helping to avoid costly oil imports

EVs could cut Europe's oil imports by 190 million barrels a year

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Meeting EU deployment targets for electric cars, vans and trucks would cut oil imports worth around €12 billion a year, per new analysis by E-Mobility Europe and Ember.

Jan Himken (right) is partner manager at Bees & Bears

Bees & Bears: third-party financing and the installer opportunity

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CEO Talk: instalment purchasing made easy. With solid partners behind them, installers can offer customers loans for their solar setup alongside the build itself. What does this mean for installers? More work or more orders? Watch to find out.

Maximilian Wilshaus, Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs at Elli

Maximilian Wilshaus: "Now it's about scaling"

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The expert from VW subsidiary Elli explains what bidirectional charging can deliver for the energy and mobility transition, where deployment stands today, and which regulatory hurdles still need clearing in Germany and Europe.

Guest author, solar market expert Gerard Scheper

Opinion: Battery storage is becoming growth infrastructure

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Gerard Scheper of European Solar argues that the positive sentiment seen after Intersolar Europe is no longer just sentiment, it is slowly turning into action.

TOPCon bifacial prices dipped in June

June PV Index: premium modules hit new highs, confidence holds firm

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Premium module segments hit new highs in June as back contact and full black extended their runs, while buyer sentiment stayed firmly expansionary despite a slight easing in the PV PMI to 67, according to data from sun.store.

Our guest author, solar market expert Gerard Scheper from the Netherlands

After the spike – why solar and battery prices will cool again

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The recent price spike in solar modules and batteries is not a new normal but a market catching its breath, says Gerard Scheper, CEO of European Solar.

Modules at work while the gas markets fret elsewhere

Report: solar saves EU €10 billion on gas since Iran war

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Europe's solar fleet has absorbed much of the gas import burden that would otherwise have followed the outbreak of fighting in the Middle East, new SolarPower Europe research finds.

The OIEiEK hopes to enable the construction of around 500 self-consumption systems each year

Bosnia and Herzegovina opens first residential solar scheme

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The Federation has adopted its first support scheme for residential solar self-consumption, offering grants of up to 7,000 KM and full financing for socially vulnerable households from 2026 to 2030.

Residential battery price curve bends lower in May

May Battery Index: residential decline, commercial standstill

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May data from sun.store show a broad price decline across residential battery segments, reversing part of the April increase in the performance category. In the commercial segment, pricing remained broadly stable.

May sees module prices rise sharply, with premium segment in front

May PV Index – prices up, confidence up, inverters steady

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Sun.store data show solar module prices climbing across the European market in May, with the PV Purchasing Managers' Index jumping to 70 – its strongest reading since the start of the year.

The Loutsa solar park in central Greece

Greece – EBRD and NextGenerationEU back 32 MW park for industry

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A €18.9 million financing package will support construction of the solar installation at Hellenic Halyvourgia's steelworks, covering around 20% of electricity needs and cutting annual carbon emissions by more than 22,000 tonnes.

PV storage projects in Greece are gaining stronger backing from banks

Greece – storage steps in as PV tariffs lose their shine

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Domestic banks have approved financing for storage on operating PV assets, with talks now underway to extend the model from single sites to full photovoltaic portfolios.

Sun and storage may be aligned, as here in Denmark, but financing is still catching up

Eurelectric urges derisking over clean energy financing gap

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A €500 billion yearly shortfall in clean energy funding risks slowing electrification. The power sector body Eurelectric sets out a series of measures to improve regulatory stability, strengthen investor confidence and unlock private capital.

A modest array and a sizeable signal for Greek residential solar

Revised Greece 2.0 plan tilts towards rooftop PV

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The reworked national recovery package shifts weight towards small-scale PV on homes and farms, with previous goals for solar water heaters and heat pumps pared back after persistent rollout difficulties.

Two 2030 scenarios, two different bills

Report: solar-led shift could halve EU power system costs

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A new SolarPower Europe analysis finds that an accelerated build-out of renewables and storage could lower annual operating costs across Europe's electricity system by €55 billion by the end of the decade.

Dr. Šarūnas Stanaitis points to the need for early coordination and system-level alignment when combining generation and storage

Lithuania’s storage roll-out sharpens key grid lessons

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Projects bringing solar, wind and battery storage together are proving more complex in practice, as system differences and regulatory requirements extend commissioning timelines and place greater demands on coordination.

Guest author Felix Krause, founder and CEO of Vireo Ventures

Energy limits – the real constraint on AI expansion

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Chips and valuations dominate the AI narrative, but reliable electricity is emerging as a key constraint on infrastructure build-out and long-term competitiveness, says Vireo Ventures CEO Felix Krause.