Module pricing kept splitting along the premium line in August 2026, with TOPCon bifacial posting the month's strongest gain and Back Contact now the most expensive segment, even as inverter pricing moved unevenly and the demand signal continued to cool.
As the EU tightens cyber rules for networked inverters, manufacturers must navigate both a new compliance burden and a chance to make "made in Europe" count for more.
Residential battery prices fell sharply in August, with low-voltage systems down 19 percent. Commercial pricing softened in both size classes, while Deye held the top brand position amid a shifting field of storage specialists.
Once a commodity, the solar inverter is now a connected gateway to Europe's energy system. As the market recovers, manufacturers face new pressures from cybersecurity, grid integration, local value creation and geopolitical competition.
After passing 9 GW of installed PV in 2025, the EU's newest solar frontrunner is now targeting more than 12 GW by 2030. The Intersolar Summit Romania will bring 350 delegates to Bucharest on 13–14 October to map out the opportunities.
SolarEdge's European chief explains why hyperscaler power demand and cybersecurity concerns around Chinese inverters are reshaping the company's strategy on the continent, alongside AI, US manufacturing and the new Nexis platform.
Harald Scherleitner discusses Fronius's return to growth, the strategic case for building in Europe and why cybersecurity has become a defining purchasing criterion for inverters.
Battery projects are assessed on cell quality, warranties, safety and expected revenues, market expert Gerard Scheper explains. But one crucial question is too often overlooked: can the owner continue operating the system if the original supplier or software provider disappears?
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.
Homeowners can claim up to 50 percent of installation costs from 2 September, with battery storage funded only alongside a new photovoltaic system.
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.
With 50 GW of licensed projects awaiting connection terms and dealmaking in full swing, the country's largest renewables event returns for its eighth edition on 20 and 21 October.
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.
The agrivoltaics specialist is raising up to €5 million to fund a pipeline that includes more than 70 MW planned for 2027, betting its morning-and-evening generation profile gives it an edge over conventional solar plants.
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.
Full Black overtook the field to become the priciest module segment, while TOPCon bifacial kept easing. The PV PMI slipped to 65, its softest reading in months and a notch below the historical average, according to sun.store data.
High-voltage residential systems cheapened further while low-voltage products firmed for the first time in months, according to sun.store data, as commercial storage pricing eased across the board.
The acquisition of the digital platform developer brings jHub in-house for the Greek energy group, giving it a platform for real-time monitoring, forecasting and curtailment across its 3 GW renewable and storage portfolio.
The solar and storage investor's UK fund has added three operational battery sites in southeast England, taking standalone capacity to 165 MW after NEUK I's £733 million final close.
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.
SSMA Solar Technology swung back to strong profitability in the first half of 2026, lifting EBITDA to €88.3 million from €9.1 million a year earlier, while record order intake pushed the backlog to €1.75 billion.
Danske Bank is financing the construction of Indian Queens, a hybrid renewable asset combining a 68 MW solar park with a 47.5 MW / 95 MWh battery system. Commercial operations are expected in 2027, with both generation and storage sharing a single grid connection.
The Swiss group is taking a minority stake in the US platform to expand its offering for corporate clean-power buyers, pairing its own energy expertise with LevelTen's contracting network.
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.
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.
